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$200 in CASH FREE to the Subscribers of The Freeman. Send for Our Liberal Inducements! THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 17. BERTRAM BARTON COMMENTS ON DOINGS OF RACE AT NATION'S CAPITAL. AHDREW CARNEGIE'S GREAT GIFT To Tuskegee the Leading Topic of the Week-The "Civil Liberty Party" Convention-Notes of Interest. Washington, D. C., April 27, 1903. The talk of the town, of course, is the munificent gift of Andrew Carnegie to the Tuskegee Institute. Six hundred thousand dollars is a splendid sum of money, and its acquisition means much to the maintenance and development of Dr. Booker T. Washington's great school. The benefaction is a credit to the head and heart of the illustrious steel king, and a distinct recognition of the value of the work in progress at Tuskegee in the eyes of the men who do things and think things for the advancement of civilization. This sum, together with the $410,000 already in hand, brings the endowment fund up to a round million, with a small margin to spare. The fact that so large a donation has been given by Mr. Carnegie does not, as some would think, warrant Dr. Washington in relaxing his efforts in raising money for the carrying on of the educational propaganda to which his life is devoted. The growth of the institution in the past few years has called for constantly increasing expenditures, and the total annual cost of operation is now over $150,000. The million-dollar endowment, while a big help toward the permanent guarantee, to be safely invested, will bring only $50,000 annually, leaving the remaining $100,000 to come from the regular assistance derived from the Slater, Peabody and other funds, together with the varying sums that must be solicited from the friends of the work from time to time. It must not be supposed by those who have been giving aid in amounts from $1 to $100, and in other ways responding to the calls of the financial agents of the schools that these subscriptions are no longer necessary. To improve the equipment of the Institute to the point already made necessary by the extraordinary demands upon it by the increase in students, teachers and supplies, machinery and material, the usual hard work will be required of Dr. Washington until the endowment can be carried up to not less than $20,000,000. When that point is reached the school will probably be in a position to pay more attention to perfection of detail, rather than to expansion. The Carnegie gift will be an inspiration to Dr. Washington, and the fact that he is above personal want will relieve his mind of any worry about the future of his family, thus permitting him to labor with more real vigor than ever before in the cause of race elevation. It is believed here that the example of Mr. Carnegie will be followed by other men of influence in the country, and that within a few years at the outside Tuskegee will have the second million in hand, which together with the regular income, will place the institution on the firm foundation that Dr. Washington so ardently desires. Tuskegee is now the wealthiest school in the world for the education of Negro youth. While rejoicing with the right-thinking people of Washington over Tuskegee's good fortune, we cannot resist the temptation to notice how insignificant the greatness of Mr. Carnegie renders the carpeting critics that Dr. Washington has in his own race, some of whom have their habitat in the District of Columbia. When mighty men like the steel king, Grover Cleveland, Lyman Abbott, William H. Baldwin, Robert C. Ogden, John D. Rockefeller, and others are proud to set the seal of their approval upon the work of Dr. Washington, the antics of the minnows of the human family, who have never been successful in providing a living for their families, who won't pay an honest debt, and who spend their time in dreaming dreams, become very ridiculous indeed. It must be borne in mind that all movements for the uplift of races have had their opponents, because of conservative methods of thought upon the one hand and jealousies upon the other. Since it is so plain that the masses must live by the labor of their hands, and that the professional classes can only thrive through the devel- oment of a sturdy wage-earning constituency, why may not all of us agree with Dr. Washington that no education is too high—if the individual can get it—but that the emphasis of the strong must be placed upon the importance of aiding the weak—giving to the masses that training best adapted toward making them useful and happy citizens of the Republic. The classes can take care of themselves if the masses are sensibly provided for. The recent public meetings held in Washington have more than vindicated themselves, whatever may have been said at the time by the fearful. The impregnable logic of Dr. Washington was brilliantly shown by his champions, and the weakness of his opponents was cleverly brought out by forcing them on record and putting their metal to the test. When the anti-Washingtonites had talked themselves hoarse and had taken refuge behind sophistry after sophistry, the advocates of the Wizard brought forward new evidences of the strength of their argument, and the substantial forces of the land kept on showering encomiums upon Dr. Washington himself, in apparent contempt of the small fry that lived in the lowlands of the mental world. The meetings in this city showed the puerility of the enemies of Tuskegee, and showed them to be talkers rather than workers. They stirred the indifferent to study and careful examination, resulting in converts of the most enthusiastic type. The friends of the Wizard are better friends for having had their fealty tried and found true. In the peace that now reigns the victory is with the active, wide-awake men and women of affairs who refused to be stamped by the noise and bombast of windiammers and doctrinaires. * * * The political pot continues to simmer over the appointment of the notorious apostle of lily-whitism, Jeter C. Pritchard, to a seat on the Supreme Bench of the District of Columbia. Just what is meant by the action is not discernible, even to the most astute "statesman" in this hotbed of professional mind readers. The Bee is angry, the Record is disgusted, and the Colored American is -silent. Julian Bingham and William Vaughan, in far-off Alabama, shake their decapitated heads and sigh, for these distinguished representatives of the lily-white principle were ignominiously led to slaughter for doing the self-same thing for which the king-pin Pritchard is given a shelter for life. In one instance a premium is placed upon the "noble" work of pushing the Negro off the party ship into the sea of disfranchisement and political annihilation, and in the other it is severely punished. The Negroes in general hereabouts, and ex-Congressman White in particular, might have some cause for felicitation if the placing of Pritchard upon the bench meant the "shelving" of the man; but it appears that his doffing the mantle of leadership in North Carolina in no sense signifies that his claws have been cut. The nominal authority only is vested in a substitute, who is really Pritchard in disguise, and will, like a marionette, register the will of his master at the wire. It may be that a fight against Pritchard's confirmation will be inaugurated. Such a protest is apt to prove unavailing on account of the absurd "senatorial courtesy," but nevertheless it should be made to show that the Negroes are alive, and that the glorification of their foes cannot go on without hearing from them in a fashion that may not be pleasing, if persisted in. * * * It is not the policy of your correspondent to discuss elections from a partisan standpoint, but the victory of Carter Harrison for Mayor of Chicago is something that should be studied carefully as an object lesson in scientific politics, apart from the merits of Republicanism or Democracy. We mean the power of the black man's ballot, when he uses it with discrimination and purpose. Graeme Stewart, the Republican candidate, was tainted with lily-whitism. He said bad things about colored people. He presumed that the usual blind partisanship of the Negro would swing the black vote to him anyhow, on account of the anti-slavery record of the "Old Guard." He did not understand that he had a new Negro to deal with. He was defeated by the Negro voters. A friendly Democrat was preferred to a white-livered Republican, and they had the courage to go to the polls like free men and indicate that preference. Had Graeme Stewart received the normal Negro Republican vote—the suffrages of the black men he had traduced—the result would have been in his favor by just about the number INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1903. MAYBE HE'll GIVE LITTLE MORE FREELY. CARNEGIE. NEGRO TUSKEEGEE ENDOWMENT FUND TO EDUCATE THE NEGRO. $600,000 CARNEGIE ANY AMOUNT ACCEPTED JAYWOOD 03 What Is The Negro Doing For Himself? of the black men that voted for Harrison. The point we wish to make is that in local elections the Negro can make himself a factor if he will exercise his independence of machines and make or unmake candidates as he sees fit. National issues have no place in municipal fights, where the citizens, as members of a corporation, come forward and express themselves upon matters purely local. In Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis the Negroes can make a tremendous showing and secure a recognition commensurate with their worth, if they will but cut loose from ancient moorings, stand for what is best in local government, ignore the machine, abolish party lines and elect the men who are friends of the whole people. In such contests the tariff, the South and the gold standard are dead letters. The Chicago result should be an eye-opener to Negroes all over the country, as well as a warning to the campaign bosses. The Chicago Conservator, for once, got on the right side. Mrs. Ida D. Bailey deserves unstinted praise for her strong contention for a show of hands all around in the Howard University investigation. The truth never hurts those who are in the right. Dr. Rankin, Miss Ebersole. [Picture of a Native American man with a long beard and a feathered headdress, wearing a dark shirt and a necklace. The background is a plain black surface with no visible text or markings.] MRS. AMANDA SMITH Founder and Organizer of Orphans' Homes for Colored Children. the commissary, and all the agencies under fire could better afford to submit the affairs of the institution to the most rigid investigation and reap a vindication than to secure a pseudo indorsement at the hands of a board made up of personal friends, whose verdict falls far short of convincing the laity. The University is made for the students, not for the faculty or * * * officers, and any theory that tends to the contrary is wrong. Mrs. Bailey is a public-spirited woman, and her insistence upon fair play for the students was in accord with the enlightened sentiment of the community. Why she was suddenly "cut out" of the newspapers is a mystery yet unsolved, and why the matter was hushed up and allowed to be discussed only in whispers is likewise a dark secret. The Washington correspondent of the New York Age got on the right track a few days ago, and stirred the animals up, showing that somebody was hit. It is a notable fact that the correspondents are more frank in discussing delicate situations than the local papers are. The latter are inclined to be silent, for fear of losing the subscribers whose interests may lie on the opposite side. The out-of-town papers can afford to be courageous, having little to lose. We hope Mrs. Bailey will not desist in her effort to probe the whole matter at Howard, for the school is too fine an institution to remain under a cloud for a single instant to shield individuals. Let the students have a hearing for their cause. The coming of the date for the fourth annual meeting of the National Negro Business League is arousing the interest of the mercantile factors of Washington. While we have numerous representatives in business, operating on capital that would aggregate many thousands of dollars, there is not yet a definite organization. It is understood that there soon will be one, however. Judge Robert H. Terrell, who is conceded to be the natural head of the National League af- *** fairs in the District, is preparing to call a meeting, out of which will grow a local League, working under the body, and delegates will be chosen to of mind and heart possessed by Prof. represent the community at Nashville in August. After a preliminary conference, it is expected that a large public mass meeting will be held for the purpose of enthusing the people and impressing the importance of the Negro's activity in business and the necessity of the race's co-operation in sustaining the enterprises now in existence. Judge Terrell aims to secure a big auditorium for the meeting, possibly Metropolitan A. M. E. Church or the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, sending out invitations in advance to insure an earnest and progressive assemblage. Judge Terrell is the best man that could have been selected for this work, as he is clean, honest and upright, and can be depended upon to do his level best in whatever he undertakes. No man in the District has a stronger hold upon the confidence of the people than Robert H. Terrell. The Negro in the army has a creditable exponent in the person of David J. Gilmer, who recently out from among us to take up his duties as second lieutenant of Philippine scouts. He spent some days at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., after which he proceeded to New Orleans and left his wife comfortably situated with near relatives in that city. A recent letter announces that he reached San Francisco safely and sailed on the 20th for Manila. Captain Gilmer, as we call him here, is every inch a soldier, a square man, ambitious within right limits, and there is no doubt in the minds of his friends that he will make a record for himself and race in our new possessions in the Orient. His familiarity with the country about Luzon, by reason of former expert service there, will give him an especial value to the United States Army. Captain Gilmer promises to let us hear from him frequently. The Man on the Monument, in the Colored American, takes a commendable degree of interest in Bertram Barton. He also seems to pose as the great and good friend of one Dr. J. Albert Johnson. Further, he is possessed of a nightmare to the effect that the aforesaid Barton is a non-resident, throwing out dark hints that he is sojourning "weh down Soul" somewhere. To the busy public all of this is tommy-rot. It is of no consequence to the man of affairs whether William E. Curtis, Jos. Ohl or Frank G. Carpenter is in Jericho or Swampood, provided he writes something that is worth reading. The Freeman is capable of judging who it wishes to adorn its staff, without consulting the stool-pigeons of editors who haven't the many courage to throw their own mud. It is of no interest whether Baltimore preachers take the stand in their own defense, or follow the advice of self-elected apologists and hire plug-uglies to continue a policy of character assassination. Bertram Barton is too busy trying to attend to his own business and to serve the country with news and opinions that will never be suspected of having been filched from the effusions of sun-down doctors, literary blacksmiths or fake agents of alleged "Teachers' Bureau." SHORT FLIGHTS J. W. Cromwell, the erudite editor of the Record, will write his "Recollections." That is, he will collect those that he is at present writing as news in the Record. The Washington Bee rose to the occasion last week by printing the portrait of Hon. Thomas E. Benedict, the best Public Printer the Nation ever had. We are glad to note that hustling Will Harris is back in the editorial harness again, holding forth in great shape as one of the proprietors of the Herald, at Leavenworth, Kans. Harris is a genius, being a printer, a writer of serious matter and a paragrapher akin to the late Harry Merrick. He was offered a position on one of the Washington colored papers, but preferred to hoe his row where the soil was richer. It might seem that the "ex-editor" of a local sheet is being "loved for the enemies he has made." Another movement toward the establishment of a Y. M. C. A. is being projected. Delegates to the so-called "Civil Liberty party" convention at Cincinnati have been elected. Better save that railroad fare and pay house rent. Louisville is the place where the real race convention is to be held. CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE. APPEAL TO FRIENDS AND THE WELL WISHES OF THE AMANDA SMITH ORPHIANAGE. A WELL DESERVING INSTITUTION Deserving the Financial and Moral Support of Race Loving Negroes-Work of a Great Woman. Her present house needs painting, in order to save it. Her grounds need a light fence around them; partly in order for a playground, and to keep her large garden from depredation by man and beast. The furnishings in the house need to be greatly replenished; and the Home made more attractive to the children. School furniture, up-to-date, is needed in the school room. Up-to-date beds for the children are needed. Of course, day in and day out, food and raiment for the family are needed. The founder, Sister Amanda Smith, is getting along in years (sixty last January) and her constant labors have begun to show themselves, for she is not near as strong as she was ten years ago. Shall we help her now? I believe every one who reads these lines will be glad to do something in the very near future. How can the young people of the West help her? I will suggest that the different Epworth Leagues, and any other Young People's Societies, some of whom could send a delegation to her Orphanage, situated at Harvey, Illinois, on 147th street, and find out just what is needed and help. This can be done by any number of these societies, and too much can not be done by them all. Single individuals can do what I did in February: Ask their friends to help; and any one almost, if they will do it, can raise $200. One thing more: In the near future, she will need a building, made of brick and stone, costing not less than $6,000, to make room for fifty more children. Who will give the $6,000? Finally, any one wishing to help, through me, can always find me at 102 State street, Chicago. I will gladly assist any one who wishes to help in this great enterprise. This remarkable woman who was introduced to the General Conference on May 12, 1865 and who thrilled the whole body with her song, has a wonderful history. Born in slavery, her father, after purchasing his own freedom, and that of his wife, bought Amanda and three other children. Soon after, the whole family removed to Pennsylvania. Her educational advantages were very poor; she having spent only about three months in school, altogether. She was converted in March, 1856. In 1868, under the labors of the Rev. John S. Inskip, she received the blessing of sanctification. Since that time she has been marvelously used of God, in America, England, India and Africa. In all these places God has signally blessed her labors, as Bishop Taylor, of Africa and Bishop Thoburn, of India, with thousands of others all over this broad land of America could testify. For thirty-five years, she has been engaged in evangelistic work. In 1893 she wrote a book—the story of her life. She felt that God had laid it on her heart to do something more definitely for her own race. So she started an Industrial Orphans' Home for colored children, located at 147th street, Harvey, Ill., on the Illinois Central road. Pick-Up Items. Steubenville, O., Special—Pride of the East Company E, Uniform Rank, K. of P., of Steubenville, O., will give a reception and ball on May 18, 1903. Col. S. S. Clement has secured the presence of Maj. Gen. R. R. Jackson, of Chicago, Ill., to address the guests. The proceeds of the occasion will be used to assist the company in attending the Grand Lodge at Xenia, O. Capt. W. W. Johnson is putting forth every effort to make Company E second to none in the State. * * Miss Myrtle Johnson, of Cadiz, O., is visiting Miss Clara Cooke, of this city. * * Mrs. Geo. Cooke has been seriously ill, but is better. * * Quarterly meeting will be held at Queen A. M. E. Church, Sunday, May 3, 1903, conducted by Elder Chas. Bunday, P. E. Headwaiters Question Box for the Hotel Columns of Freeman. I have observed with much interest the recent interesting questions put before the headwaiters. The author of this "question box" is Mr. James F. Adair of New York, a gentleman I know well. Since the first production of these practical questions they seem to be overlooked by the fraternity. Mr. A. B. Carter of Hot Springs, Ark., has taken the matter in hand and is endeavoring to urge the subject, acquiring beneficial information, rather the opinion of different men. I, as a novice among the list of headwaiters, feel unable to make reply adequately to the five deep questions. Again, a man is a poor man who does not have ideas of his own, and as I consider the questions worthy of recognition I will endeavor to deal with them in a concise manner. First, I consider the five questions practically as one as they differ slightly in nature. 1. When a white headwaiter has been engaged to preside over a colored crew, what must the boys do? 2. When it comes to a question of To the Col Second Wait THE FREEMAN'S GRE DINING ROOM IS THE WE HAVE DONE Y Reasons why the Col 1. THE FREEMAN lated Negro Journal in the well as moral support of it. 2. It represents the b fear or favor the best intre 3. It is the official org fit Association. 4. It gives one page each of improving their condi their personal welfare. 5. It is the guardian his right to recognition as his efficiency in both indu 6. The regular price reduce it to $1.00 in soliciti Our Grand U To the Colored Second Waiters of THE FREEMAN'S GRAND PRIZE DINING ROOM SUPERVI IS THE STAFF OF HOTEL FRE WE HAVE DONE YOU GOOD Reasons why the Colored Hotel THE FREEMAN is the largest lated Negro Journal in the world and well as moral support of all race—lovin 2. It represents the best brain, the fear or favor the best interests of the r 3. It is the official organ of the Hea- fit Association. 4. It gives one page each week in beha- of improving their condition, enlarging their personal welfare. 5. It is the guardian of the interest his right to recognition as an American his efficiency in both industrial and aca 6. The regular price of THE FRE reduce it to $1.00 in soliciting YOUR d Our Grand UNPRECIO 4 PRIZ To the Colored Headwaiters and Second Waiters of the United States THE FREEMAN'S GRAND PRIZES TO THE MOST POPULAR DINING ROOM SUPERVISORS. THE FREEMAN IS THE STAFF OF THE COLORED HOTEL FRATERNITY. WE HAVE DONE YOU GOOD---WE CAN DO YOU MORE. Reasons why the Colored Hotel Men of America should support THE FREEMAN. 1. THE FREEMAN is the largest, most progressive and widely circulated Negro Journal in the world and is entitled to the FINANCIAL as well as moral support of all race—loving Negroes. 2. It represents the BEST brain, the BEST thought and advocates without fear or favor the BEST interests of the race. 3. It is the official organ of the Head and Second Waiters National Benefit Association. 4. It gives one page each week in behalf of the hotel fraternity with the hope of improving their condition, enlarging their opportunities and promoting their personal welfare. 5. It is the guardian of the interests of the American Negro, advocating his right to recognition as an American citizen and endorsing and demanding his efficiency in both industrial and academic education. 6. The regular price of THE FREEMAN is $1.50 per year and we will reduce it to $1.00 in soliciting YOUR deserved support. Our Grand UNPRECEDENTED OFFER! 4 PRIZES 4 1st Prize To the Head or Second the most yearly subscriber we will give A FIRST-CO- STEM WINDING, WA- WATCH, beautifully eng- of the successful contesta 2nd To the Head or Second list of yearly subscribers a fine GOLD RING embe- to which he may belong. 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We will publish the cuts of Hotel Department of THE FREEMAN Good for 60 Days. Contest Begin A SQUARE DEAL TO A full account of the Headwaiters Contes subscribers each has to his credit. NO FAVORITES—Every man or you in this friendly contest. Get anyb the subscriptions to hotel men. Two six-months subscriptions or four To the Head or Second Waiter sending us the 4th largest list of yearly subscriberers at $1.00 per year, we will give a year's subscription to THE FREEMAN and THE HOTEL WORLD, also a copy of either GOIN'S "AMERICAN COLORED WAITER" or COZART'S "WAITERS' MANUAL." We will publish the cuts of all the successful contestants in the Hotel Department of THE FREEMAN—Free. Good for 60 Days. Contest Begins April 1st & Closes June 1, 1903 A SQUARE DEAL TO ALL. We will publish each week a full account of the Headwaiters Contesting as well as the number of subscribers each has to his credit. NO FAVORITES—Every man on his merits. Have your men to help you in this friendly contest. Get anybody to subscribe as we do not limit the subscriptions to hotel men. Two six-months subscriptions or four three months subscriptions count for one yearly subscription in this contest. No person except a head or second waiter is allowed to enter this contest and no commission paid for subscriptions. work under a white headwaiter or no work at all, what should the boys do? 3. Is it a fault of the sidewalters that some managers desire a white headwaiter? 4. Is it a fault of the colored headwaiters, if so, what is the remedy? 5. Has the colored headwaiters failed to impress upon the employers that he is as competent as a white headwaiter? The five questions quoted above, in my opinion, invites the attention of many heads of departments of different localities, and no doubt suitable replies will be the future results. Why I class all the questions as one, in my opinion, the first article, if taken up and acted upon as I will explain, will bring about a reply to the remainder. When a white headwaiter has been engaged to work a colored crew, and the service of a colored man has been discarded or are not desirable at the opening, I advise our boys to work on in a gentlemanly manner; organize among themselves, appoint an intelligent speaker of the body and have a private consultation with the manager, and if such actions are based upon intelligence, integrity being formed of a loyal body and properly carried out the existing evil, which is now hidden from us can be brought to light, and we will know by the manager's explanation whether it is a fault of the colored headwaiters or on the part of the sidewaiters. Colored Headwaiter Masters of the United GRAND PRIZES TO THE MOON FROM SUPERVISORS. THE FRI STAFF OF THE COLORED HOTEL FRATERNITY. YOU GOOD---WE CAN DO Colored Hotel Men of America s THE FREEMAN. * * is the largest, most progressive a the world and is entitled to the L full race—loving Negroes. best brain, the best thought and ad rests of the race. man of the Head and Second Waiters. A week in behalf of the hotel fratern ion, enlarging their opportunities. Of the interests of the American N an American citizen and endorsing strial and academic education. Of THE FREEMAN is $1.50 per sing YOUR deserved support. UNPRECEDENTED PRIZES 2nd Prize Waiter sending us the 2nd largest at $1.00 per year, we will give aomatic of any secret organization 4th Prize d Waiter sending us the 4th large year, we will give a year's subsuc HOTEL WORLD, also a copy of D WAITER" or COZART'S "WAI the cuts of all the successful co 2 FREEMAN—Free. Interest Begins April 1st & Close EAL TO ALL. We will publish waiters Contesting as well as the edit. Every man on his merits. Have a st. Get anybody to subscribe as men. options or four three months subscri this contest. and or second waiter is allowed to ```markdown ``` THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. Headwaiters and the United States LES TO THE MOST POPULAR SORS. THE FREEMAN THE COLORED WTERNITY. ---WE CAN DO YOU MORE. Men of America should support FREEMAN. **** most progressive and widely circu- is entitled to the FINANCIAL as Negroes. BEST thought and advocates without ace. and Second Waiters National Bene- of of the hotel fraternity with the hope their opportunities and promoting of the American Negro, advocating citizen and endorsing and demanding emic education. FREEMAN is $1.50 per year and we will served support. PEDENTED OFFER! ZES 4 1 CHAS. H. Manage us the 2nd largest ar, we will give a secret organization DED UMBRELLA rize ling us the 4th largest list of yearly give a year's subscription to THE WLD, also a copy of either GOIN'S or COZART'S "WAITERS' MAN- ll the successful contestants in the -Free. April 1st & Closes June 1, 1903 LL. We will publish each week a ting as well as the number of sub- his merits. Have your men to help body to subscribe as we do not limit three months subscriptions count for You will, of course, know whether or not our headwaiters have failed to demonstrate their efficiency; you will know whether or not to work, and until we move toward those in authority and seek the root of the evil we will ever be in the dark and unable to offer any remedy. The doctor who is unable to diagnose your complaint cannot do you any good, and all the colored headwaiters of this country to-day cannot offer assistance until the root of the evil has been brought to light. The headwaiter that loses a house in like manner or otherwise, you can only listen to his side of the question, for his engagement and dissolution of the same was executed between himself and employer. We may hear the remark that Mr. — is an antagonist to the colored man or that manager is a Negro hater, and remarks of different nature will pass around, but who is able to sustain this talk as true? Therefore proclaim that there is no way of gaining the real, true, desired information other than an interview of the most cordial nature with the employer. Every man has his entitled opinion, and I have expressed mine. W. E. TUCKER. The Falstaff cafe, which opened a few days ago at Little Rock, Ark. is a THE FREEMAN, Geo. L. Knox, Publisher, Indianapolis, Ind. T European establishment, and is the finest of its kind in the South. The dining room department is under the able management of Headwaiter James H. Caswell with a corps or waiters selected from the leading hotels of Hot Springs. A hotel for the exclusive use of colored people is soon to be opened on Broadway, Newport, R. I., under the management of Edward Davis. It will be known as the Hotel Maceo and be for the accommodation of traveling colored people. The Porters' Union of Houston, Tex., will "plonio" May 4th, and they promise to make it excel all previous efforts. An Open Letter to the Public. An Open Letter to the Public. After much consultation with the best thinkers and leaders of the West and in accordance with their opinions and desires, we have decided to hold annually at Western University a Chautauqua Assembly to discuss problems affecting the welfare of the race. The purpose of the movement will be to assist and promote "the unity and uplift of the race." The following departments will be comprehended in the work: "Educational," "professional," "Woman's club," "business," "Industrial" and "agricultural." Successful farmers, mechanics, business men, women interested in club work, ministers, doctors, lawyers, teachers, musicians, men of all professions—in short—all who are striving to rise and assist their fellows, are invited to be present. Individuals successful in any walk of life are requested to be present and participate in the discussions of the session, a synopsis of the program of which will be published later. The first annual session will be held on the university grounds, commencement week, May 25, 26, 27, 1903. It is desired that we may have the co-operation and support of all people in this effort to secure the advancement of the cause of the Negro. For further information write W. T. Vernon, President University and chairman of executive committee. J. N. GARRETT, Secretary. News Gathered. Wheeling W. Va., Special.—Mr. Roy Picklet of Cambridge, O., is the guest of friends, in this city for a few days. Rosetta, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Monroe died Saturday night and will be buried from the residence of her parents Tuesday the 14th. Mr. W. C. Gordon pleasantly entertained the Misses Redman, Katie Bunny and Misses Marshall at the residence of Mrs. Marshall on the 18th inst. During the evening "Palms, Hearts and Flower," "Always" and "My love keeps" was rendered by the guests, accompanist Miss Etta Marshall. A. M. E., M. E., Baptist churches had elaborate Easter services Sunday. Mr. Will Williams had an Easter dinner at Williams Grove. All report a good time. Mrs. Edna Smith is ill owner on Chaplin street. Mr. Walker Major's condition is still unchanged. The A. M. E. church took a collection of $26 00 Sunday night. Rev. Purnell of Xenia, O., preached at the M. E. church Sunday. Mr. John Singer of Marlette, O., is the guest of Mr. Frank Cumberland. Mr. Bob Harris leaves Sunday for Springfield, having received word of his sister's illness. Mr. William Barber spent Sunday with friends in Washington, Pa. Mrs. King spent Easter with her daughter in Washington, Pa. List of names of professionals and amatures going and coming. Billy Burns is home for a short stay. We will be glad to welcome home at any time at the McLure. William Barber one of the traveling waiters left our city on last Monday for parts unknown. Charles Davis who has been sick for the past five or six weeks with typhoid fever is back at his old post at the McLure. Albert Golnts left for his home at St. Clairsville sick. Jacob Gaiter an old McLure House waiter is back after a four or five months absence. One of the best time makers for a waiter Charles B. Harris who left Canton a short time ago is now in Charleston, W. Va. J. E. Brown of Richmond, Va., is now sojourning in our village. D. Eugene Palmer who left for washington, the latter part of March to be speaker of the House of Representatives as Congress has adjourned he is now on the bell stand at one of the hotels in Cleveland. Mr. Arthur Hunter who left me to be water boy at the McKinley at Canton, O, is back at the McLure but, I cannot tell how long. Mr. T. H Hatcher from all over the world is at present at the McLure getting traveling expenses for another port. Mr. Vernau B. Ward of Charlottesville, Va., is baca at the McLure. Madame Rumor has it that Temple Washington one of the old time McLure waiters has contemplating entering the dining-room again and having a few rounds as a knight of the dish. We welcome you back old sport. Mr. B. Glenn is in Chicago, instead of Atlantic City, as stated before in your issue. Through my mistake Indianapolis has been enjoying a Hamletic redivivus recently which again puts his lordship on trial for his sanity. He had great faith in the effacy of the play; the play was the thing, and it was. He had method in his madness. Whittemore's Polishes The World's Standard The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of Shoe Pol. ishes in the World. "Gilt Edge" for Ladies' and Children's Black Shoes "Superb" (a Paste) for Patent or Enameled Leath er Shoes "Elite" for "box calf" and black "Vict Kid" Shoes "Champion" Friction Polish (a black liquid) WE USE WHITTEMORES POLISHES Lightning Dye (blacks any color shoes), per qt...$0.75 "Boston" Heel and Edge Polish, per qt.....75 Liquid Cleaners (all colors), per qt., 35c; per gal.....1.00 Polishing Paste (all colors), per doz., large, 75c; medium, 12s; per ¼-lb. box, 18c; per ½-lb. box.....25 WHITTEMORE BROS. & CO. 20-22-24 and 26 Albany Street, BOSTON, MASS This is It LOW CROWN AND WIDE BRIM IS THE STYLE. We have them for $3.00 and $2.00 DANBURY HAT COMPANY No. 8 East Washington Street. SUITS - - $20.00 and up TROUSERS $4.00 and up Deutsch Tailoring Co. 41 S. Illinois Street. The A E. Manning Drug Co. [OPEN AT ALL HOURS, DAY AND NIGHT. Carries a Full Line of DRUGS and SUNDRIES. Polite attention at all times. Corner Senate Ave. and North Streets, Indianapolis, Ind. Ten's Steam Dye Works 207 INDIANA AVENUE New Phone 1844 Ladies and Gentlemen's Clothing, Cleaned, Dyed and Repaired. PRESSING a specialty. Give me one call. Contractor's Notice We solicit sealed estimates on Girls' Dormitory for Campbell College at Jackson, Miss. Bids to be sent to "Building Committee," care of Campbell College, April 29, 1903. Mrs. F. Wright, of Oelwein, Iowa, is another one of the million women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Young New York Lady Tells of a Wonderful Cure: "My trouble was with the ovaries; I am tall, and the doctor said I grew too fast for my strength. I suffered dreadfully from inflammation and doctored continually, but got no help. I suffered from terrible dragging sensations with the most awful pains low down in the side and pains in the back, and the most agonizing headaches. No one knows what I endured. Often I was sick to the stomach, and every little while I would be too sick to go to work, for three or four days; I work in a large store, and I suppose standing on my feet all day made me worse. "At the suggestion of a friend of my mother's I began to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it is simply wonderful. I felt better after the first two or three doses; it seemed as though a weight was taken off my shoulders; I continued its use until now I can truthfully say I am entirely cured. Young girls who are always paying doctor's bills without getting any help as I did, ought to take your medicine. It costs so much less, and it is sure to cure them. -Yours truly, ADELAIDE PRAHL. 174 St. Ann's Ave., New York City." —$5000 forfeit if original of above letter progenial gininess cannot be produced. The Freeman papers can be found every Saturday at Lon. Washington's restaurant and lunch-room, 5528 Lake avenue, Chicago, Ill.; phone 1154, Isaac onlbert, News Agent. WHITE MOORE'S GILT EDGE DRESSING FINE SHUGS LEATHER COLOR LUSTRE GILT EDGE BLACKEST COLOR ONLY ONE ON EVERY SHOW WEAR, GOWNS, HANDS, WHITE HANDS, GOLD HANDS BOWLIE SUPER MARKET NUFFED S. KORCHER BROADWAY NEW YORK BASILTON WASHINGTON BASILTON WASHINGTON Better than ever. As good as the best. New Phone 1844 Ladies and Gentlemen's Clothing, Cleaned, Dyed and Repaired. PRESSING a specialty. Give me one call. Contractor's Notice We solicit sealed estimates on Girl's Dormitory for Campbell College at Jackson, Miss. Bids to be sent to "Building Committee," care of Campbell College, April 30, 1903. Committee reserve right to reject any or all bids. Plans and specifications may be seen at college office. Done by order of Building Committee. P. H. FISHER, Chairman. D. H. 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When Writing Please mention this Paper. ‘THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. ©) MARCUS RUBEN a sy y gs ey : ; MANUFACTURER OF : At i Waiters’ aoa Cooks i \" ) he Me OF EVERY DESCRIPTION MT R114) ato V “act 4 Barbers’ Coats Me aos A)” Barkeepors’ Coats, Vests , HK _and Aprons 390 S. State St, CHICAGO, ILL 'SEND FOR CATALOGUE, HOTEL de MOORE z a AND fs — ee ; Turf | ) Sample 4 pe ) A Room BAe = 4 Pr A HOICE WINES, z i ss a pees a pouce as Ol@ARa >. bg Ve» A PONEYMOORY ©, a a es a Elronrieier ’ a f at saapoien = POOL IN ANNEX. 171, 173 & 175 TWENTY-FIRST ST. CHICAGO, ILL. The Greathouse 220 Indiana Avenue, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Choice Liquors, Wixes and Cigars ‘Trade Solicited on Merit of Goods Pool and Billiard Parlors. soe+eeNow 'Phone 3026 Prop. ARCHIE GREATHOUSE Th Rees | Parkers Exchange sek dupont ead Dosseatia Wines, Liquors and Cigars Fine Pool AND Billiard Parlor, ROBERT B. 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Business Men'sLunch free from 9 a.m. to2 p.m. Music afternoon and evenings, Stock & Recer, Proprietors, 40) West New York Street, Indianapolis, Ind._ Phone 7002 Black. HEADQUARTERS Strict a tention paid tocustomers, i, P M, SAPIRIE, Prop. 428 W. Ohio Strent, INDIANAPOIS, IND. Phone Brown 4741, Ea Thompson and Tom Donley at theBar. Branch at 863 Indiana Avenue, Frank Jeffries and Ben Superior at the Bar, Also branch at 557 Bright Streat, ‘Tho, Moonshine Liquor House. Old Phone Brown 2774. aaa JEFF, SMITH, Prop, GEO, FOUNTAIN Mgr iti. MIXERS A < ‘i, Jas, Williams, Chas. St. Olair ” | | | ee MCP CCIY Sal000 Bs a an Fine Wines, Liquors | F es /* FA and Cigars | may S) lxcursionists give us 9 call. Headquarters 4 for sports. Ask for it, you'll get it. | 4 1201 Morgan Street ST.LOUIS, MO BUTCH BROWN, FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS, Corner Prospect and Miami streets; NORWOOD, INDIANA. Special Attention Paid To BRANDS: Bohemian. Royal Amber Private Family Trade. Muenchner. THE BEST IN THE WORLD. TRY IT, K B IN BOTTLE OR KEG FOP Health, Flesh and Strength A Trial Order Will Convince You. E, H. RENTSCH, Manager {idianapolis Branch, 920 E, Washington street We Want Your Order. Od Phone Main 2580, Write for Prices. Delivered to Any Part of City CLARENCE ELLIOTT, 125 West Dispenser.. Colfax Street “The Darhy Bar” JAS. C. THOMAS, Prop, Fine Wines and Liquors, Tobacco end Cigars. Celebrated K. & S. Beer always on tap. South Bend, Ind. ——EESEEEEEe ss Late Foner wT a ©. PATTRESON at tne Bar Choice ‘Wines, Liquors and Olgare, 1202 Roosevelt Avenue, Old Phone Brown 447. INDIANAPOLIS, IND THE KEYSTONE A High Class Hotel for GENTLEMEN ONLY. ELECTRiv LIGHT, STEAM HEAT, HOT AND COLD BATHS. CAFE and SAMPLE ROOM 8022 State Street, ATTACHED. Chicago, Ml 8. R. SNOWDEN, Proprietor. —_—_—_— DRINK METZGER’S D P URBSRY- Ee WrHES ECE Y SOFT, MELLOW AND NUTRITIOUS 8) and 82 B Maryland Street. Both Phones 407. a Books by Colored Writers, Books on the Colored Race St AU eee nce aan Moca lu The Frecnan, WM. M, LEWIS, 300 Indianaave., Indianapolis, Ind. - L ‘I Rn , pil fi & g wus } uw : = T~ Pu hi ; = PN i ~-> | INE =o (GAN am : =:= es wey oe e he / SS BU waiters, the past few week-, pertaining Tlie ee 0) to black and white headwaiters. I \«( (PG) | score tons thoy are trying to tnd ont AN | eae) ////.7 which of the two is best fitted for thei aN ul ae) director. If I was cailed upon to deolde Si Pe) Y I would decide thus; After considering WY hd 7 qualifications, the one that was willing We . to bring the waiter up to the highest =" iG standard in morale, in refiaement and a dispense with that curse known as the << Be game in the basement, he is the one —— that I would decide upon, let him be ~Se - black or white I would feel myself ~*~ ~ __ | guilty and not worthy to stand. before _ waiters of intelligence and lecture them LECTURE AND - .OPHECY. concerning their short coming in dining Line Up.—Again I will remind you of your duty as a walter, duty to your guests and to yourself. Headwaiters have seen the necessity of special lecturing along the line of service. The changes from the old American plan to European demands tt. Hotels have been lost to a number of us because we have failed too often to keep pace with the many changes now being bronght to bear. I would have each of you, when en- tering other dining rooms, to be profic fent in the art pertaining to this profes- sion. Ido not profess to know it all, but after twenty years of hotel life I am willing to give to others my ideas gratis. We must learn that our em- ployer’s interest is ours; we must prac- tice economy, save for your employer that which he has entrusted to your care, try and fill your places, and do not get in the habit of laying of By being a good time-maker it cften helps hold your position even it yon are not an ex- perienced waiter. You must treat all your guests with the same courtesy; remember its the dollars they pay in at the office that helps give you employ- ment; do not put too much stress on the tip subject; give good service, and Head and Second Waiters’ National Prize Contest. SUMMARY. ‘Name. Location. Subser : L. 5. Walker............... --Hot Springs, Ark.....0.........2. wo Henry Feltenburg.... .........Shreveport. La...... eee art ae 3,8 hogan aie WLILDIS Vortland, Oregon... 2..6)0000000 0 to Bonjemin B. Carle,..:-:..:... Spokane, Waa... soos. 10 N, H.Smiley.........--. ---» West Superior, Wis. 22. 0 9 John P. Gloster ..........-.--Willkesbarre, Pa... ee 6 George R. Wilson. ...... DesMoines, lowa.... 22... III 6 IWF. AMADEO LOSES: << -e- 40> SOME TIF cess eeees ees ccna! boose 4 Noah Chage........ .....-.--.-Seranton, Pa. .... ss 8 CB. Coles. .....-.....+-...--.-New Haven, Conn ..... eta Robert Granger.......... .... Zanesville, Obio.......-...... iste RRMMIRE ssc ceccoyearve BROOMVDE NY Sases oe ccc i je nese 1 FP. Thompson...-----.-------New York City, N. Ys...... Af ie ‘Thos. H. Frame.......... .... Salt Lake City, tab... 2... .......0 5 BO. Brown....-)--s--+ .-.++.-Charleston, W. Va...0... 6 ©. C Lewis...... JIU Loutaville, Ky.....000 2000. i 1 Dongles Miller............ | DesMoines, lowa:. an 1 Bes SBN Ga nn 2c << DOMVEEL OO se icesyrossseesees 8 ot Miles oo... s- +: Milwaukee, Wins hice, 8 C peueg 2... Shady Minns ie 1 when you have performed well your whole duty, the tip will take care of iteelf. ‘The time has come that we must win on onr merits. Theold way and waiter is fast passing. It is embarrassing for a headwaiter to be called by the guests to pass that which the waiter has failed to pass, Make a stndy of your profes: sion, and when that has been accom- plished you can at a glance see the needs of your guests. Waiters who now are in demand «re reserved and of good moral gharacter; the noisy and bolster- ous walter is not much in demand. Managers, stewards and chefs have grown tired, therefore their places have been filled by others. ‘There has been a discussion among Se as ————— 188 W. Washington Street, Near Park Theatre. Cool Beer Between Acts, ‘Has been Sport. waiters, the past few week, pertaining to biack and white headwaiters. It seems that they are trying to find out which of the two is best fitted for thelr director. If I wasoailed upon to deolde I would decide thus; After considering qualifications, the one that was willing to bring the waiter up to the highest standard in morals, in refisement and dispense with that curse known as the game in the basement, he is the one that I wonld decide upon, let him be black or white I would feel myself guilty and not worthy to stand. before waiters of intelligence and lecture them concerning their short coming in dining rooins and then allow them to partici- samen gs a beegie eee. to. | pes | | eae Pe ea a | = iS | Ee at : F.C, BROWN, Headwaiter Hotel Ruffner, Charleston, West Virginia, pate in 9 game so low and degrading. Be it remembered this very curse is losing us good houses. I can trathfully say that yousrenot guilty, The thirty- three waiters that I had under my jaris- diction during the legislature are not guilty; therefore, it seems to me that waiters should decide on the moral side or the one that js in favor of same. You ‘cannot hope to make a success until you learn to value time. Your service is wanted in a dining room as a whole and not in part. I would have you, if poss!- ble, read all the books and papers that treate upon dining room service. Each of you should, as well as others, study the art of saving; save for the day of sickness, the day of no employment. ‘The day is nearing that waiters will not bein demand asnow. You may think me a fit subject for the asylum for this statement, bat as I look up and down the avenues of every industry I observe the handiwork of the genius inventor. Isee in the distant future orders going ‘and coming, not in the old way, but the new way, known only as yet to the one who will be called @ genius. Don’t un- derstand me to say waiters as a whole will be dismies:d. The demand will be Hmited as time is limited. 1 will omit the service drill, butin the future { will give you a few hints on the service of wines. It {s very necessary for a waiter to know how to serve wines and when toserve them. Take yourstations The new and handsome Wilson hotel opened its doors to the public on the 20th, am glad to say I was successfal enough to land colored waiters in its awell restaurant with Mr. W. P. Hough as headwalter. Salt Lake City to-day is the best hotel town for colored wait- ers weet of Kansas olty. The boys of the Oxford cafe, Wilson hotel and the Kcnteford hotel have a commercial club with bright prospects of getting the new Unlversity clab. The Knute ford 1s going to havea swell cafe thie coming fall, which 1s sure for colored boys. There 1s no question bat Salt Lake City is the best little city in the West for first class waiters to spend thelr summer. I consider G. Lawrence a aa Notes from Salt Lake Citv. Joel's article on “Colored and White Head and Sidewalter Question” in your issue of April 18th master article— the whole nut in the shell. ‘The colored headwaiter has no kick coming. He has thrown his ownself down by ran- ning his crap games, rooming honse, tactios, etc, The siewaiters are all right. ‘They have to look out for thelr own living snd not the colored head- waiter. Let the'colored headwaiter get up and bustle for his own welfare, and master his position with good business tact, ete., and he won't be succeeded by a white head waiter. Tuos. H, Frame ae eee ee Mr. Editor—I receive The Freeman Weekly, and it is my friend every Sat- urday. It fa the only colored newspa- er published. Business in Kansas City 1s good along the hotel line. ‘The west- ern headwaiters are doing a great work along the line of cultivating the Negro Walter. I am still holding my own at the Coates house cafe, but will leave Kansas City May Sth for St. Paul, Minn., where I expect to make my future home. The following is the Coates house crew: Grant Plummer, headwaiter. Leroy Foster, captain watch No. 1. Ben Lewis, captain watch No. 2. Sidewalters—John Sales, Jesse Den- nie, Arthur Woods, John Turner, Ed- ward Praitt, Robert MoRay, Lioyd Smith, Penn Williams, Willlam Kelly and Edward Wileon, JOHN SALES, 708 Wyandotte street, Kansas City, Mo. Se ge ett ee eR en , Mr. Editor—Having been a reader of The Freeman for several years I am forced to give some of my views in the interest of colored head, second and sidewaiters. ‘The first and most impor- tant consideration is to have a compe- tent headwaiter. If the leader {s all right he oan use a great deal of influ: ence to encourage his second and side- waiters to improve themselves and to give better service. He should never do anything that will cause his men to think badly of him asa man, but should conduct himself in such a manner that his men will think well of his every action, He should never associate with his men in such a manner as to cause them to lose their respeot for his post- ton, and should never put an incompe- ten manin an important position be- cause he is a friend. A headwaiter to = ait | a i / { | oe ) Ei JOHN VENIE, Headwaiter of the Metropolitan Hotel, Washington, D. 0. should employ only polite and capable men, and should stand by them as long as they are in the right and show them that he is interested in their welfare as long a8 they do right. The sidewaiter should try to thoroughly understand his profession as a waiter. After he has mastered his profession thg next important thing is to be polite and obliging to his guests. Above all, he should obey the rales of the hotel and the orders of his superior officers, re- gardless to whether he likes them or not. The walter should be punctual and Iryal to his work Waiters shonld be more brotherly toward one another, and work harmoniously tc gether. They should keep away from all low places which have a tendency to pnil them down. Joun Vent, Headwaiter Metropolitan Hotel. Washington, D. C. Captain Clanton Davis has resigned his position at the Hotel Albion, Au- gusta, Ga., for the summer, and will have charge of a first class dining room in New Jersey during the summer, Capt. Davis will visit Atlanta, Ga., in few days, and during his stay there he hopes to have an opportunity to lecture to the hotel men of the city. Captain Davis is very anxious to meet the boys of that city and address them, pointing out the fact that the business of head, second and sidewalters should not be the talk on corners of the street, barber- shops, pool rooms and other public high- ways, and he will advise the hotel men of to-day rather than expose the bust- ness transaction. Let us meet in hails, have lectures and talk with one another as to what steps should be taken to help usto advance in hotel service. Capt. Davis will be warmly received in At. janta. The Freeman wishes him suc. ‘cess and bid him God apeed. THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. THE FREEMAN A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED O COLORED NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY At 309 Indiana Avenue, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Any part of the United States and Canada. Year, postage paid $1.50 Bix Months $3.00 Three Months $6.00 Foreign Countries $1.00 extra debt due, money order, post- office order or registered letters. Agents wanted: every town and city not occupied, and I hear inducements will be given, bend for our extraordinary inducements. ADVERTISING RATES: Five cents per line. 1 case of measure—solid agate, 14 line to an inch, 276 lines in a column. 8 social position 25 cent additional. No advertisement inserted on first page. Special rates on standing professioal and business cards. Receipt aided-count for long time and space. Reading notices per line. Special rates on WR TE Urs. Furtered at the postoffice at Indianapolis, Indiana, as second ds matter. All matter should be addressed to THE FREEMAN, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. GEORGE L. NOX, Publisher. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1903. $600,000 FOR TUSKEGEE. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has contributed his share toward relieving the white man of his burden by contributing the princely sum of $600 000 to Prof. Booker T. Washington's well known institution of Tuskegee, Ala., for the education and training of colored youths. Large sums of money have been given the school from time to time, much of which was raised by Washington's own ingenuity and persistence, added to the fact that he had a good cause one that appealed to men's hearts and finally to their pocket books. He struck the keynote which met accord and popular approval when he presented his scheme of education, based on actual, existing conditions of the masses at that time, at this time, and similar to a time that has formed a period in all leading races as they have struggled through the lowlier phases of their race life up to the hour where they behold the accumulated energies of the ages. Much of the lowlier life of the races will be escaped by the colored people of the United States who are being born under a very lucky star regardless of the little besetments that they seem heir to. The statement is verified by contrasting the conditions of other countries. While escaping much of the lowlier phases of life—agricultural and pastoral pursuits and the industries in a rude primitive state, yet total escapement was impossible, and had it been so we would now be without hope of rising beyond a class of pariahs, leeches, parasites at least, clinging rootless with tentacles imbedded as a musquito with proboscis in the life of others to sustain life. But Mr. Washington, and thanks to his foresight, saw the drift of things and injected the elixir of life into the dying state, not that the thing of industrialism was not known, but he, without doubt, gave it its impetus that sent it thrilling through the country, and in such an attractive form that the whites were not slow to appreciate his zeal, and which has been an incentive for the colored lad by furnishing him a training that was in the straightest line to his possible employment on a large scale. It has done likewise for the girls, and in the meanwhile given employment to hundreds as instructors, thus furnishing further incentives for the work, operating against the tendency of mass idleness which could only mean mass ruin. Mr. Washington preaches the doctrine of the practicalities, founding his theory on the mass condition, showing and proving to the whites that toll, even in a manual sense, can be made attractive and alluring, and to the salvation of the restless and turfitless thousands, and to the many more to whom opportunity had not come. Means were necessary, vast means, thousands of dollars for those who make up the lower order of society, and hence dangerous either as prospective wards or destruction malcontents. The money poured out to him as from a cornucopia is not wasted, but a most magnificent investment. As between Harvard and Tuskegee, speaking strictly for what they stand, it would be Tuskegee; it stands for the millions. Mr. Carnegie's name will never die in the history of American philanthropy. At one stroke of the pen he has given as much as the combined wealth of the race institutions in America combined, perhaps. He has given largely to institutions that build up, at home and abroad. Peradventure this gift will stand above them all as the name of Abon Ben Adhem, because for what it stands. The colored people everywhere can have nothing but thanks, grateful thanks for Mr. Carnegie and for those who are endowed with the heart as large if not the purse. TRE JACKSON W. GILES CASE. The United States Supreme Court has decided against Jackson W. Giles of Alabama, who contested the validity of the suffrage clauses of the new constitution of that State, through which he was denied the privilege of voting. Information given out at Washington says that the relief sought was denied on the ground that the case was political, yet from a careful survey of the "several" decisions that the court was remarkable for its lack of harmony, a case, virtually, from a disagreeing jury. Justice Holmes took the political side of the contention, insisting that Giles endeavored to stand for 5000 other adult Negroes of Montgomery who, like him, would be disfranchised by the new laws. He thought that the court should not confine itself to the question of jurisdiction, but should consider the case on its merits. He further contended that Giles insists that the franchise system is a fraud, yet declares his competency as a voter under it. Justice Harlan said that the case should have been dismissed for the want of jurisdiction alone as was done in the lower court. He criticises the decision not because it failed to bring the prayed for relief, but because it still leaves the question of jurisdiction up "in the air." He was not willing to be a party to such proceedings. Justices Brewer and Brown were opposed to the decision, insisting that the federal courts had jurisdiction as Giles was denied the right of voting for a member of Congress, hence a federal question was involved. They hold that the opinion of the Circuit Court should have been reversed, wherein it claimed lack of jurisdiction, and that it should be directed to assume jurisdiction. It is very evident that Mr. Giles of Montgomery, Ala., has taken his goose to a very poor market. If he succeeds in recognizing himself sufficiently to get home again he will be extremely lucky—he may be very thankful that he is alive after the mill he has gone through. Justice Holmes' written opinion was not made public, but he considers the case a political one; and proceeds to make a very effective political speech or better, a lawyer's argument when he says that Giles tries to vote under a system that he, Giles, declared to be fraudulent. He would have nothing to do with jurisdiction. Justice Harlan does not commit himself as to the justness of Giles' contention, but stands behind the decision of the Circuit Court and would dismiss for want of jurisdiction. No relief for Giles there Justices Brewer and Brown gave the only gleam of hope when they insisted that the court should assume jurisdiction and try the case. And thus ends the chapter. Mr. Giles, perhaps, feels like Mr. Bumble, who said that the law was an ass. It is about as much satisfaction as he could get out of his case. The court has decided all around him; it had no jurisdiction; then it was politics; and then it was inconsistency in trying to be a party to fraud; it should have been remanded back to the Court says Marlan; it had jurisdiction and should have acted because it involved a federal question. Yes, Mr. Giles, you are lucky to be alive. Up until last Sunday, April 26th, according to Dr. L. G. Jordan, secretary of the Baptist Foreign Mission Board of the 16 440 Baptist churches in the country only 860 had responded to the appeal for funds to carry on the work to which the church is pledged to support He is, of course, chagrinned, and as much so over the seemingly insumountable indifference as he is over the sum realized, which is not up to his expectations. Sixteen thousand four hundred and forty churches have but to contribute one dollar each to make a considerable sum of money, more than twice as much as was asked for. The missionary fund, we believe, is the only general fund of the church, and for such a needy purposes that no exception can be taken to it. The lesson of unity here is eloquent: a half hearted effort on the part of all the churches would have saved the day to Dr. Jordan, and it is not too late to do good. Capt. R H. Fitzhugh of Lexington, Ky, has been in the city for a few days this week in the interest of his work as general solicitor for the Colored Orphan Industrial Home of Lexington. Ky. He made a talk along the line of that work last Sunday at St. Paul Episcopal church. The captain served for four years in the Confederate army. H says there are others; the South is filled with them who, out of compassion and sympathy, are faithful to their burden in rendering good to the needy colored people in their midst. He is a genial gentleman, enthused with his work, and to us Northerners a very rare spectacle. He speaks with great respect of the colored people of Lexington. The Freeman congratulates Editor W. H. Steward of the "American Baptist" of Louisville, Ky., and wife on their twenty fifth anniversary of their married life, which was celebrated by them on the 25th inst. The Governor is very much vexed at the behavior of some of the citizens of Bloomington, Ind., where they publicly whip women. He threatens to clean up the whole business. It needs some kind of attention. A wave of race trouble seems to be on. Thebes, Ill., was the scene of a demonstration wherein a young Negro seventeen years old lost his life at the hands of a mob. He was charged with the usual crime, criminal assault on a white girl, of ten years only. Sometimes it appears unreasonable to believe that advantage would be taken of one of such tender age, but if so it is of course an awful crime, and a crime still were it many times ten. Yet the laws can cope with all such offenses. If they are not strong enough they should be made stronger. The Indianapolis World, heretofore a publication Democratic in political principles, will be issued as a Republican sheet. The change took place last Saturday, when that sheet defined its future policy Mr. Gurley Brewer, who is well known in Indiana politics, has purchased a controlling interest, will be the editor, with Mr. Manning as business manager. Mr. Brewer has had wide and varied experiences politically, is a man of parts, a political student, and has as much aptitude for the editor's chair as he has for the platform. We hope them success. President Roosevelt had a great trip West; got on good terms with everybody and everything. The bears were delighted with the manner of the man. Indiana has achieved her greatest distraction; it has gone to whipping the women. Congratulations, Mr. Washington, congratulations. Much love to Mr. Carnegie Dallas News Notes Dallas, Texas, Special.—There are too many walking delegates of the so-called society of "Young Men and Girls" in Dallas who are pulling the progressive ones of the race into the various courts too often. Oriental K of P. Co. No. 15 will give a grand May picnic May 18th at the Belt Line Park. Thieves stole $2500 in cash and a new suit of clothes from J. Sparks, corner Ross and Ball streets. Miss Amanda Lyman of Waco spent several days here visiting and accompanied Miss M. Langford to the fort. Prof. D. H. Harper spent Sunday in the oil city on business. The Manhattan band is ready to serve the public. They will appear in new uniforms. Mrs. Alice Hipkins and Margaret Bolden visited Mr. Hipkins in Ferris the past week. Phillips of the C. M. E. church was here Sunday and Monday, and preached to a packed church. The new church rally raised $875. The choir rendered some choice music. Dr. West, the pastor, and his members are determined in their efforts toward having a new church. Many of the notables were at the fort on business and church work. Miss G. A. Holl's kindergarten pupils presented an excellent program at St. James Monday night. Ed Jones, while en route from Rock Creek Mine was the guest of P. Lowery on Young street. Mr. Fred Booth and Miss Almia Pitman, recently married, are residing at 447 Jackson street. The past week was a week to be placed on record so far as local, social and domestic transactions goes. You should have invested in the real estate deals. Dallas offers the best trades to be had for a colored millinery establishment and a shoe repairer. The sensational doings of the week are too little to record. Mrs. Alice Gilford and son from Shreveport is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ellen Green. Wm. Sanford, the race horse man, has taken his string of horses to Chicago. Peach and Honey and George Jones accompanied the Bachelors. The old Blunt Hifes, fifty strong, are ready to be mustered. They are well officered. H. W Myers is recuperating at Marlin. Will Henry, a bellman at the St. George hotel, won a home from the Shaw Magazine Co. in Michigan for the best write up of Chicago in twenty different ways. At the Oriental the boys welcome The Freeman every week. The June celebration committee is now looking for a place to celebrate the 19th. Mr. L. W. Walker passed away Wednesday evening and was buried on Sunday. When will the Negroes stop kicking about the Negro hacks and using the white man's instead? Patronize Negro enterprises first, last and always when they treat you right should be the motto of every race-loving Negro. J. C. Volk owns the Union Depot cafe. Mrs. Allie Thomas opened her place this week. The Freeman is finding its way into every business house in the old town. If you want it you can call at Griff's place and get it. Rufus S. Stout of Little Rock, Ark., spent several days here in the interest of the church extension board of the C. M. E. church. Two furnished rooms for rent to gentlemen only. Call at 150 Cabell street. Lunches, hot and cold drinks, quick service and up-to-date styles. Open day and night. Johnson's Rook Island, 104 Central avenue. Clean towels to every customer. Sharp tools, expert workmen; three artists to serve you The public is invited to call at 106 Central avenue. Edward Winn, prop. WANTED—The whereabouts of any of my people—four sisters. They are somewhere in the world. Their names are Charlotte, Minnie, Manerva and Martha. Mother's name was Milley, and my name was Rhody. I was sold from them when a child to John Hargrave of Camden, Ark., and then to Pawtan Leftwick Smith of Springfield, Mo. Any one giving me notice of them will be liberally rewarded. Mary Johnson, No. 447 Jackson street, Dallas, Texas. WANTED—A sober and reliable practical tailor, colored preferred. State terms in first communication. Permanent situation for right party—none other need apply. Address the Hankin Haberdasher and Tailoring company, 353 Bryan street, Dallas, Tex. WANTED—To know the whereabouts of Tom Smith and Mrs. Mary Norris. When last heard of were in Edgefield county, S.C. It is of importance to Mrs. Della Nelson, wife of Samuel J. Nelson, 459 Young street, Dallas, Texas. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of S. H. Ingram will confer a favor by addressing his daughter at 142 Done street, Dallas, Tex. When last heard from he was in St. Louis. Important News. Arlington, Tenn. Special — The industrial depopulation of Arlington, is in full bloom. The farmers are tilling the earth, and planting their grains. Gardens are growing nicely. Rev. T. Harris is putting in a large cotton crop, this year. Miss Lilia Greenlee, a fishing yesterday, first time in five years. Fifteen minutes after rescuing the creek, a storm came up and she had to run home. Miss Eliza Willey and Mrs Addie Crutcher took a flying trip to Brownville Friday, to attend a grand day. Mrs. Crutcher, gave the music for them, they had a grand time Mrs Estellar Plummer has returned back to Barlette. District conference, will convene here May 13th, Rev. S. W. Walker, P. E. will preside Miss Ludie Turner-duvies is living at 320 Willington street Memphis, was out attending her church Easter, she is quite a lady all love her Mrs. Crutcher's music school is in session price $1.50. Rev E Turner has returned from Mississippi and is farming. Mr and Mrs J. Wilson, R. Harris, R. Sailer and S. Nevels, were in prayer meeting Wednesday night. Jones A. M E Church devotion 2nd, and 8rd, Sunday in every month. Sunday-school every Sunday, sacrament 2nd, Sunday, prayer meeting every Wednesday night. Class every 8rd Sunday. Central Supply Co. Wholesale Dealers, Wrought Iron Pipe, Boiler Tubes. Etc.. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. No Goods Sold at Retail. Old Phone (green) 2605. New Phone 3965. 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A stamped enveloped, plainly addressed, unencLOSED for each letter, and the line of business followed by the person addressed should be given, in order to prevent mistakes. Nora--Profeusma and others should bear in mind all letters, etc., in transit between the United States and Canada, must be prepaid, otherwise they are not forwarded. NOTICE--Advertised letters will be held in The Freeman Post Office for FOUR WEEKS ONLY hereafter. LADIES LIST Bristol, Miss Grace Church, Miss Min'ile Carter, Miss-Cora Carter, Ethel Mrs Davis, Miss H V Delicus Miss Annie Edmonds, Miss dertie Franklin, Beile Franklin, Miss C BLACK PATTI TROUBAOPAURS (Voelckel & Nolan) Reading, Pa., May 2; Philadelphia, 4 to 9. LUELA FORGEPAUR & FISHER Wild West Show. Warrenburg, Mo, May 2; Harrisonville, 4; Rich Hill, 5; Nevada, 6; Lawmer, 7; Carthage, 8; Joplin, 8. Amaru's Poor Co.-Brunswick, Ga, May 4. Mckinna's Alabama Warbler—Santa Ana, Cal., May 2; San Pedro, 4; Santa Paula, 5; Huenme, 6. MckanLAS8' Dixie's Hottest Coon—Anaheim, Cal., May 2; Wilmington, 4; Setcoy, 5; Oxnard, 6. The boys must not forget the grand testimonial benefit to be tendered Chas. Zimmerman at the Empire Tuesday night. Mr. Zimmerman is one of the most deserving and popular managers in the city, with a heart as big and broad as his popularity. J. A. English, the clever hoop roller, who closed a very successful season with the Mahara Minstrels No. 1 Company. April 19, joined the No. 2 Company April 20. Mr. English doesn't make the hoops talk, but they can certainly waltz two-step and slow drag. Lawrence Chenault, the operatic tenor, has arrived in Chicago from San Francisco, after an absence of one year and a half, having played a limited engagement in Honolulu with Ernest Hogan's Company and all the leading vaudeville theaters on the Pacific coast, with marked success. Chenault now comes East, and will join some first-class company. He sends regards to all friends, and says for Uncle Rube to answer his letter. He is now stopping at Poney Moore's. NOTES FROM FERNANDINA, FLA. The famous Domino Stock Company still continue to please their patrons, and can boast of the best vaudeville show in the South. Our latest arrivals, Miss May Lang, of New Orleans, and Miss Virgie De Or, are a credit to our show, and have become great favorites. Thomas Logan has opened her, and his parodies and funny sayings rank him a top-liner. Among our hold-overs are Williams and De Vine, Miss Minnie Carroll, Miss Estella Jones and Mr. Seburn Higgins. * * Would like to hear from good women at all times. Will send tickets. * * Regards to the professor. JOHN DENNIS. Stage Manager Domino Theater. Notes from McCabe & Young's "A Trip to Honolulu" Company: The company will close its forty-six weeks' season in St. Paul, Minn., May 3. The season, although accompanied by a few ups and downs, has been a financial success, and all are well and happy. Most of the company will go to Chicago from St. Paul. D. W. McCabe. William McCabe and Walter Webb will go to Chicago, Miss Opal Bell to Omaha, Billy Thomas to New York City. Miss Marie Williams and Charles Kopp to St. Louis, and Miss Fannie Thomas and George Perkins to St. Joseph, Mo. * * Billy THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER Young and D. W. McCabe join hands after seven years' separation, this McCabe & Young's Operatic Minstrels South, thence to Cuba and Mexico, with forty people, backed by all the capital that is needed for a big, first-class minstrel show. Notes from P. G. Lowery's No. 2 Vaudeville Show: Under the management of Mr. Vic Hugo, we opened in St. Louis April 18, for one week, to good business. The company is as follows: H. Q. Clark, band leader; Harry Morton, trombone; George Williams, cornet; John Adams, alto; Frank Morton, alto; Steve Adams, baritone; Albert Hut, snare drum; William Johnson, bass drum, and Ted Morton, bass; Misses Essie Williams, M. Lea Sanderson and Sallie and Daisy Lee. H. Q. Clark is singing "Since Bill Bailey Come Back Home;" Wm. Johnson is singing "That's the Way to Spell Chicken." Miss Essie Williams is making a hit singing "What the Band Played;" M. Lea Sanderson is singing with success "Kiss Yourself Good-bye;" Daisy Lee is singing "Good Old Summer-time," and Sallie Lee is making a hit with "Things Ain't the Same, Babe; I'm Coming Home." Notes from Long's Big Minstrels: The Luther Long Minstrel Show, in their large canvas theater, are turning them away every night. We are headed by Gaton and Stevens, who, with their funny sketches, keep the audience screaming, followed by Reynolds and Gooden, who never fail to get their share of applause. Jenkins and Whitcombe are clever in their monologues and sayings. Mr. Jackson Akers never fails to please the audience with his acrobatic buck-and-wing dance, and our big concert band is second to none, under the leadership of T. A. Baugh, Jr., the youngest bandmaster of his race, being now in his twelfth year. This is the roster: J. Luther Long, general manager; William Long, secretary; Jas. Montgomery, stage manager; T. A. Baugh, musical director; T. A. Baugh, Jr., bandmaster; Walter Young, solo cornet; Willie Gooden, first cornet; Luster Palmer, third cornet; Julius Baugh, clarion; John McFadden, first alto; Ed Alred, second alto; W. T. Cherry, trombone; Jas. Montgomery, trombone; Joseph Jenkins, trombone; Augustus Pherce, trombone; Deal Whitcomb, trombone; David Vaughn, baritone; Elegie Gooden, first tenor; Ed Baugh, tuba; David Gaton, snare drum; DeWitt Crenshaw, bass drum. J. Harry Jackson sends the following from New York City: The past week has been an unusually dull one among the profession hereabouts. * * Williams & Walker appeared before packed houses at each performance, during their engagement at the Metropolis Theater last week. The company sailed Tuesday for Europe, having been booked for a run of six weeks at a prominent theater in London. In my letter of next week I hope to chronicle a full list of the members of the company. * * After a successful tour of the New England Circuit, Frazier & Peterson have returned to this city. They are presenting their very clever act this week at the Atlantic Garden. * * Lew Payton has secured the following people for the Gaskill-Mundy-Levitt Carnival Company, which哭 Levitts is season at Leigh, N. C. May 4, under the management of Reich, of the management & Seamon forces: Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Barnett, Tod Peterson, Payton and Harris, James Lipsey and wife, Florence Harris, Alexiney Bright and妻 Alexander. * * Teager & Teager will be starred the coming summer in a farce entitled "The Czar of Dixie." Mr. Teager states that he has secured a company of entertainers that will certainly "make good." * * Marsh Craig, the human enigma, has closed a most successful season with the Williams & Walker Company. He left Sunday afternoon for Chicago. Messrs. Hurris & Seamon have booked Mr. Craig in several of the leading vaudeville houses of the East for the summer season. * * Harry P. Brown, eccentric singing comedian, is booked for Keith's Providence, R. I., house, the week commencing May 4, season, and will take the original * * Jones, Grant & Jones were headliners Sunday night at the Academy of Music. * * Messrs. Williams & Walker, Ada Overton and a chorus of the "In Dahomey" Company were the hit of the evening at Ted Mark's farewell concert at the Metropolitan Opera House, last Sunday night. Daddy Love's Theatrical Headquarters, Chicago, Ill.: Mr. Charles Sager, who has been very sick, is consolescent, and is able to get amongst the boys and tell his funny stories. * * Mr. John and Grace Vaughner were the hit of the bill at the Clark street theater last week. * * Messrs, Balley and Spiller are meeting with great success, and open at Grand Rapids, Mich., this week. They send regards to all friends. * * Wm. H. Windom, manager of professional department of "The Thompson Music Company," 269 Wabash Ave., is meeting with the best of success. As a composer he is hard to beat. His two latest successes, "They Will Talk About You Anyhow" and "Every Heart Has a Pain," are the most popular songs being sung upon the stage, private entertainments and clubs. He will have out another unknown in a few days. His regards to all. * * Mrs. James L. Love is having her "Little Hogan" restaurant beautifully renovated. Her fried ples, stews and pastry are the best in the city, barring none. The professional friends never fail to make it their home. She is of a beautiful disposition, highly cultured, intellectual, and is a pier amongst entertainers, and is the wife of Daddy Love, the world's greatest monologist living. They send their best regards to all professional friends, who are too numerous to mention individually. * **We would like to hear from Charles Williams, of the "Hottest Coon In Dixie" company, as we have a package here for him. * **Cook and Jones are in the city laying off. They are certainly living easy and doing well. * **Prof. N. Clark Smith's Ladies Mandolin Club, are captivating Chicago audiences by their wonderful executions of harmony and myth. He is a leader who has never lost a battle, and is still fighting for honors. They played to a packed house at Wayman's Mission last Thursday evening. * **Mme. Leosa Lee Tyler, the nightingale soprano singer, who is always accepted by large audiences, is in the city, but will shortly enter upon the circuit for several weeks. * **Mose Terry is managing the vaudeville house of J. L. Peters, 24th and Street streets. He sends his best regards to all. * **Mr. Al Holman, of the "Hottest Coon In Dixie" company, gases the dope that Missickiss and Jones had closed, was the reason of it being mentioned in the items, so don't blame the "Tattler." * **Mr. and Mrs. Thos. A. Brown, Miss Marie Thompson, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Mr. W. M. Knight, were pleasant callers at the grand opening of the news and cigar stand and shining parlor of Mr. Wm. Dixon, formerly of the Blackstone Quartet. We wish you success, old boy. Miss Mayme Burris, one of Indianapolis' beautiful girls, is his cashier, and owing to her beauty, is a strong drawing card. * **Our old friends, Billy Young and R. H. Chrismon, of Mahara's Minstrel Company, dropped in at headquarters to see their old friend Daddy Love. Also several other members of the company were callers. They closed last Saturday night in Spring Valley. They are looking fine and report a successful season. * **Daddy Love is still confined to his room, but is rapidly improving. He resides at 3160 Dearborn street. WILL MARION COOKE'S POSITION AS A COMPOSE. BY SYLVESTER RUSSELL. Generosity is a very significant thing when it comes to a man both by way of criticism and success. When we consider the generous amount of criticism that has fallen to Mr. Clark lately, it is only right that he should have full credit for his musical attainments—both as a musician and composer. His early educational history has already been told in the New York American; his interviews and errors have been rehearsed; his christian alliance with Hurtig and Seamon, Williams and Walker and Paul Lawrence Dunbar and the invisible sight of an apparent sound of the coming productions of his new grand operas, are still fresh in the memory of Freeman readers. He has advertised himself well. It has been rather expensive, both to himself and others, but then—he has no kick coming in the end. He has had his understanding broadened, and his memory will caution him hereafter, not to eat the refreshments from the adjoining dishes, on either side, at the costly banquet tables. Mr. Cooke is of a jovial disposition and quite enthusiastic with himself. I have formerly taken observations of his merry exercises on occasions past in days when there was no fear, no thoughts of a racial critic, and when he had no dreams that one had overshadowed him. But Mr. Cooke's real position in the musical world is one of great credit to himself and to his race. He is ambitious. He can not claim to be a "grand opera" composer until his already advertised works have been produced and judgment passed. He is a good composer of light music, and because of his ability as a ballard and ragtime composer and his achievements as the first colored musical comedy composer, he is entitled to rank as the leading light composer of his race. Mr. Cooke's ability as a musician has already been proven in days when he appeared on the concert stage as a violin virtuso. His first notable achievement as a composer came to us in "Clorinda." This was followed by several New York musical comedy successes which ran on Broadway. When a colored composer succeeds in New York, the people of his race have a right to be proud of his work, and especially when he does not come heralded from Europe burning with European fever. The day is fact approaching when a great colored composer will be recognized in this country, especially if he advances from being a ragtime idol; his chances would be even greater in reaching the heights of classical attainments in regions now explored by Coleridge Taylor. —Dahomey Music was Heavy.— The "Dahomey" recitative music introduced in the opening performance of Williams and Walker's musical comedy last October, was entirely too heavy and burdensome for comedy use, and weighed heavily on the voices of the stars, and greatly to my surprise, Bert Williams mastered the music wonderfully. This music, which Mr. Cooke had composed for another purpose, was transferred to Dohomey. It was not only second-handed, but comic opera music placed out of its class. Such mistakes by a composer means many hours of lost labor to a company of hard-working performers. In trying to classify the play for the sake of his own music, which had to be cut out entirely, is a good lesson for his future guidance. Mr. Cooke, as a practical light composer, should have known all these things. The trouble with colored musicians and actors is, they know all about the tree they want to climb, but nothing at all about its roots and branches—absolutely nothing. —The Broadway Music.— When Williams and Walker appeared at the New York theater for a run at hat Broadway house, great things were to be expected by new music from Mr. Cooke by announcement, but we got nothing new in that direction, except Mr. Cook, as musical director, but even that was something—a colored composer seated in a Broadway theater chair. Mr. Cooke believes in a big bid, even if the results are small. He thinks to continue to advertise a big man on pretensions of reassurance, keeps him before the public. While this may all be true, some of the bids and promises must be more substantially furfilled to the satisfaction of his guests or even those who read about him, in order to keep the standard of his genius afoast and to carry out the musical pledge he gives out for Williams and Walker. BERTRAM BARTON CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE. Word comes from Tuskegee that Mr. Frank G. Manly is now the owner of as fine a horse and as nice a buggy as can be found in Alabama's "Black Belt." It looks at this writing as if Robert Pelham, Jr., will be the next president of the Pen and Pencil Club. He is an old newspaper man, and in its day the Detroit Plain-Dealer, of which he was editor, led the van. The retiring president, Mr. Henry P. Slaughter, has had a highly successful administration, and is one of the best fellows in the craft. Register Judson W. Lyons was "ilionized" during his recent visit to Nashville, where he went to deliver the annual address to a college. On his way back to Washington he couldn't resist the temptation to look in upon the "old folks at home," Augusta, Ga. That noble Roman, Col. T. M. Dent, read Major Wright's paper before Bethel Literary Society, on account of the unavoidable absence of the latter. Colonel Dent, hailing from Rome, Ga., is actually a "Roman." Mr. W. H. H. Terrell, Jr., has returned to his old love as bookkeeper on the Colored American, after a sojourn in New York and the East. Mr. Terrell is a young man of splendid ability, with a natural aptitude for business, and his recall to the American is the highest testimonial of the indispensable service rendered during his previous incumbency there. Besides keeping the books of the establishment, Mr. Terrell's personality is apparent in the editorial columns of the paper, and the recent improvements were happy indications of his advent into the sanctum. When the presidency of Howard University is finally settled, Rev. J. Albert Johnson, of Baltimore-Washington, will be among those who "also ran." Genial Charley Steward, of the press at large, was here during the meeting of the Financial Board of the A. M. E. Church. He was the recipient of much attention at the hands of both clergy and laity. The great popularity of Prof. William H. Richards was again placed in evidence on the evening of April 3. The graduating class of Howard University, Law Department, 1903, met in the lecture room of Evarts Hall and presented to their eminent preceptor in international law and kindred subjects a handsome Morris chair. The class was presided over by Mr. Eugene C. Jennings, of Kentucky, its president, who briefly stated the nature of the call, and introduced Mr. James A. Davis, of Tennessee, who made an able presentation address, testifying to the high qualities rules and regulations of the National Richards. The Professor made a happy response, and in the course of his remarks impressed upon the students the arduous task resting upon them individually for the advancement and uplifting of those below them. The Capital Savings Bank drag net continues to draw in those who did not think of the day of reckoning when they were making reckless financial deals. It is strange, though, to the uninitiated, how the notes of men of standing in society, occupants of pulpits, teachers in the schools and officers under the government can be published as "worthless." There are several strange things connected with this celebrated case. The Record's weekly statement of the condition of the progress of the Capital Savings Bank investigation is one of the finest pieces of up-to-date journalism that Washington's colored papers have put up in a number of years. Dr. James E. Shepard, North Carolina's brilliant young leader, in a private letter to a Washington friend, writes: "President Roosevelt was never stronger than he is at present with the North Carolina Republicans. He will get the delegates from every district in the State without a contest." Dr. Shepard keeps his ear close to the ground and never speaks unless he knows what he is talking about. The Doctor will be one of the delegates to the National convention himself next year. Rev. George F. Bragg, who preaches very frequently at St. Luke's P. E. Church, was the first colored boy to serve as page in the Virginia House of Representatives. He is now rector of St. James P. E. Church, Baltimore. The Christian Recorder's new head is a beauty. Dr. Johnson ought to "land" the bishopric on the show of such enterprise. Dr. W. Bruce Evans has issued the announcements of his Summer School at Hampton. The prospectus is a work of art, and calls attention to an unusually attractive course of study for the teachers this year. Hampton and Tuskegee will lead the summer schools this season, and both are presenting a strong array of pedagogical talent. Prof. Kelly Miller has engagements at Tuskegee and Knoxville for the summer school courses. It develops from the testimony in the Jim Howard trial that a Negro was considered for the job of killing Goebel, but it was decided that a black man couldn't be trusted to do a deed CONSOLIDATED... Next Season the TWO Shows will be Consolidated, No.1 and No.2, ONE BIG SHOW The Richard's & Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels Two Cars, Two Bands, Big Drum Corps. Watch This Space Next Week FOUR BIG SONG HITS which are the rage all through the country! Made so by our colored friends! Everybody invited to sing them! "IF TIME WAS MONEY I'D BE A MILLIONAIRE" "Irving Jones' famous success." "HOME AINT NOTHING LIKE THIS." "IN SUNNY AFRICA" "HAS YOUR MOTHER ANY MORE LIKE YOU?" Professionals are respectfully requested to write to the publisher, LEO FEIST, F Bldg, 184 w. 37th Street New York, and don't forget that "YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH A 'FEIST' SONG." of the kind. So they got a white man. White men can be found bad enough to do anything. COMING SOON PAT CHAPPELL A Budget of Interesting Items. Cairo, Il. Special.-Hu rash for Claud Winters, his majority over Jennelle was 567 votes. Jennelle would like to be the ice man. The Jennelle moral men certainly looks bad, especially R. D. Ruffin, Rev. T. A. Head, Bob Hogan and John Masey. Such good moral men like them wait until we get our boys in blue we will see something about these pretended moral men. Hon. Claud Winters will take his seat the first Tuesday in May and don't forget he is a clean man and will give a clean administration to all nationalities. The colored man will not have to close his entertainment at 12 o'clock at night and the white man run his all night if he want to. We will have no more line drawn between our people and we shall receive the benefit of our city laws as the white man so all of these moral men that gave we immoral people such a fight April 21st we intend to see that they live moral, do moral and teach moral. L. Fisher, editor of the Standard, proved to be a Jennelle man in full when it came time to pay off the bets between himself and Overby the 23rd inst. It seems that there are several of the Jennelle men refused to pay their bills which they lost on election, and it is further said by good authority that some of the men that worked on that side have not got their money yet. Misses Pearl Miller, Nellie Muskvalley, Mollie Edwards, Mattie Ousley, Nellie Williams and several others left last Sunday for Beechwsod to attend the wedding of Beechwsod to Miss Ruth Allerson, both highly respected young people; the bride being a daughter of the pastor of the First Baptist Church and the groom a son of Salmon Edwards. Mrs. Mitchell of 528 Fourteenth street is on the sick list. Miss Ada Butler was the guest of Miss Francis Madison in 14th street. Richard Taylor is making some very nice improvements at his place of business. Call and see him. Mr. and Mrs. James Person are mourning the death of their son. Miss Carrie Person is with Miss Ella Ousley in 19th street. Miss Mollie Edwards is on the sick list. Miss Vickie Bennett of Paducah, Ky. was the welcome guest of Miss Gillie Newhouse, 221 Sixth street, during last week. Mrs. George Scott on 23d street is indisposed at this writing. The Rooevelt Club's private dance, last Tuesday evening, was one of the swellest affairs of the season. Mr. Quinoy Bradley of Mound City was a guest of the city last week. A large crowd visited Mound City last Sunday to attend the baptizing. Miss Ada Brown of this city leaves soon for her vacation, visiting relatives in Armstrong, Ill., to be gone two months. MUNCIE, IND., ITEMS WASHINGTON, PA., ITEMS. The Baptist people held their fourth annual convention at the Washington COMING SOON PAT CHAPPELL A Rabbit's Foot Comedy others exhibiting under Canvas. 7 Walt for the biggest and funniest show on earth. The Indianapolis Regalia Co. (INCORPORATED) 118-120 E. Ohio St., Indianapolis, Ind. Manufacturing, Regalia, Banners, Costumes, etc. Renal Depot for Soiety and Masquerades. SPECIAL COSTUMES made to order. This house is indorsed by The FREEMAN. FREE CATALOGUES Hand and Orchestra Instruments, Music Boxes, Victor Talking Machines, Sheet music, &c. 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They took up a large collection, which was seventy-seven dollars. The choir from Pittsburg rendered new and appropriate music. * * Miss Phoebe Stewart is spending a pleasant vacation at New Castle with her sister, Mrs. Streets. Copies of The Freeman can be found every Saturday at Robinson & Glover's barbershop, 101 Malvern avenue. THE GRAND FOUNTAIN OF THE UNITED ORDER OF TRUE REFORMERS UNITED ORDER OF TRUE REFORMERS is the leading colored Fraternal Society of the United States. It was organized January 1891 by William H. Browne and chartered in April 1883 under the laws of the State of Virginia with headquarters at Richmond, Va. Its membership is both male and female and consists of all persons of good health from fourteen to sixty years of age. Its membership of 60,000 is divided into Fountains and Circles. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to $2.50 per week and pays death benefits from $2.150 to $1,000.00. BENEFITS PAID Total benefits paid to date: Sick Dues, $1,500,000.00; Death Benefits. $714,378.75. SENIOR FOUNTAINS may be organized consisting of twenty or more persons not joining fee of from $4.60 to $5.10 each. The monthly dues in rural districts and not less than fifty cents per semi-annual tax of forty cents paid in January and Judi are from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, while death benefits canount may be organized in any locality on application Master, or to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS. For training of the young and their development in that there has been formed a Children's Department known children not less than three nor more than fourteen, upon the payment of $1.00 each. This department stock benefits from $1.00 to twenty-five cents per week and $37.00. The monthly dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES. To leave their beneficiaries as death a larger amount treatment take out policies in one or more of the Classes of members of this degree are devided into Circles and pay to the following tables: A Fountain may be organized consisting of twenty or more persons not over fifty years of age paying a joining fee of from $4.60 to $5.10 each. The monthly dues are not less than thirty-five cents in rural districts and not less than fifty cents per month in towns and cities and a semi-annual tax of forty cents paid in January and July of each year. Occasionally paid in lieu of $4.60 for death benefits range from $5.00 to $12.50. For details see the organized in any locality a application to Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. Master, or to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBIDS © For the proper training of the young and their development in thrift, industry and brotherly love, there has been formed a Children's Department known as the Rosebuds Twenty or more children not less than three nor more than fourteen years of age may from a Rosebud, upon the payment of $1.00 each. This department like the Senior Fountain says sisk benefits from $1.00 to twenty-five cents per week and death benefits from $25.50 to $82.00. The monthly dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES Persons desiring to leave their beneficiaries at death a larger amount than is paid from Fountain department take out policies in one or more of the Classes of the Mutual benefit degree. The members of this degree are devided into Circles and pay joining fees and dues according to the following tables: CLASS "B" TABLE AGES. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate after 1 yr. Value of Certificate after 1 yr. Annual Dues. Quarterly Dues 14 to 25 $ 2 50 $ 200 00 $ 100 00 $ 4 75 $ 1 20 25 to 30 2 75 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 30 to 35 8 00 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 35 to 40 8 25 200 00 100 00 5 70 1 43 40 to 45 8 50 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 43 45 to 50 8 75 115 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 50 to 55 4 00 90 00 45 00 6 65 1 66 55 to 60 4 25 65 00 88 00 7 60 1 90 AGES. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate after 1 yr Value of Certificate after 1 yr Annual Dues Quarterly Dues 14 to 25 $ 2 50 $ 200 00 $ 100 00 $ 4 75 $ 1 20 25 to 80 2 75 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 80 to 85 8 00 200 00 100 00 4 75 1 20 85 to 40 8 25 200 00 100 00 5 70 1 43 40 to 45 8 50 140 00 70 00 5 79 1 43 45 to 50 8 75 115 00 58 00 6 65 1 66 50 to 55 4 00 90 00 45 00 6 65 1 65 55 to 60 4 25 65 00 88 00 7 60 1 90 CLASS “B” TABLE. 4 Joining Fee $ 5 00 $ 500 00 $ 250 00 $ 5 25 500 00 $ 250 00 $ 5 50 500 00 $ 250 00 $ 5 75 500 00 $ 250 00 $ 6 00 450 00 $ 225 00 $ 6 25 400 00 $ 200 00 $ 6 50 350 00 $ 175 00 Annual Dues $ 9 50 $ 9 50 $ 2 50 $ 10 40 $ 10 40 $ 11 40 $ 11 40 AGES. Joining Fee Value of Certificate after 1 yr Value of Certificate before 1 yr Annual Dues Quarterly Dues 14 to 25 $ 5 00 $ 500 00 $ 250 00 $ 9 50 $ 2 50 25 to 80 $ 5 25 $ 500 00 $ 250 00 $ 9 50 $ 2 40 30 to 85 $ 5 60 $ 500 00 $ 250 00 $ 1 40 $ 2 40 85 to 40 $ 7 75 $ 500 00 $ 250 00 $ 1 40 $ 2 40 40 to 45 $ 6 00 $ 450 00 $ 225 00 $ 10 40 $ 2 40 45 to 50 $ 6 25 $ 400 00 $ 200 00 $ 11 40 $ 2 85 50 to 60 $ 6 50 $ 350 00 $ 175 00 $ 11 40 $ 2 85 Johning Fee Value of Certificate Annual Dues $ 11 00 $ 1000 00 $ 21 00 12 00 1000 00 22 00 12 00 900 00 28 00 13 00 800 00 24 00 13 00 700 00 25 00 REGALIA. of the Fountains and Rosebuds of the organization with regal of the organization is simple and its cost within the events to $350 the same is made by the organization in w department. AGES Johning Fee Value of Certificate Annual Dues Quarterly Dues 14 to 80 $ 11 00 $ 1000 00 $ 21 00 $ 5 25 80 to 85 13 00 1000 00 23 00 5 50 85 to 40 19 00 900 00 28 00 5 75 40 to 45 18 00 800 00 24 00 6 00 45 to 50 18 00 700 00 25 00 6 25 REGALIA. The members of the Fountains and Rosebuds of the organization wear no expensive regalia. The regalia of the organization is simple and its cost within the reach of all costing from 10 cents to $350 the same is made by the organization in what is known as the Regalia Department. THE SAVINGS BANK there was granted by the Legislature of Virginia, a charter the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers the bank commenced business April 30, 1880, and from that steadily increased in volume of business. Its sum was $0.00. From the humble sum of $1,268.69 deposited in business in 1889, the deposits have grown to $350,858,000, associated amounts to $6,190,141.47. During the financial year the Grand Fountain was the only bank in the city of R. Cash on all checks presented while the majority of or clearing-house checks. This bank had its origin in the ex-slave of Habersham county, Ga. The banking house is at Richmond, Va., Rev. W. L. Taylor, President; R. T. H. In March 1888, there was granted by the Legislature of Virginia, a charter to the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers, capital stock $100,000.00. The bank commenced business April 3rd, 1889, and from that time down to the present has steadily increased in volume of business. It now has a paid up capital of $100,000.00, and it has also opened the bank opened for business in 1889, the deposits have grown to $300,585.00, and the bank of business transacted amounts to $6,190,141.47. During the financial panic of 1883, the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain was the only bank in the city of Richmond that did not cease to pay cash on all checks presented while the majority of other banks were using script and clearing-house checks. This bank had its origin in the brain of William H. N. Second Street, Richmond, Va., Rav. W. L. Taylor, President; R. T. Hill, Capital. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT State Department has charge of all the real property located in various States, consisting of 18 magnificent buildings, hotel, 5 stores and 3 farms. It also has under its control 1 attorney is under the management of Lawyer J. C. Roberts attorney for the organization, with offices at 604 N. Second Avenue is under the laws of the State of Virginia on the 14th day office in the city of Richmond, Va. The purpose of this wholesale and retail) buy and sell real property, maturing establishments, and general business. The Association former, 900 N. Sixth street, Richmond, Va. It is a mowed by steam, cold and hot water baths, also electric cars or accommodation for 150 guests. Mr. A. W. Holmes is mark. It has in operation a system of five stores, located in Washington, D. C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; a store, at Richmond, Va., was opened April 3rd, 1908, men, runs three delivery wagons, and during the Christmas. The other stores have been established since and have the General Manager of the system of stores is Mr. B. L. J. Second street, Richmond, Va. This Association was formed made by Rev. W. L. Taylor, its President. The Real Estate Department has charge of all the real property to the amount of $225,211,655, situated in various States, consisting of 18 magnificent buildings used as baths, 8 dwellings, 1 hotel, 5 stores and 3 farms. It also has under its control 16 large buildings leased by it. This department is under the management of Lawyer J. C. Robertson, Chief of Real Estate and Attorney for the organization, with offices at 604 N. Second street, Richmond Va. REFORMER'S MECANTILE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION Was chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia on the 14th day of December 1899 with principal office in the city of Richmond, Va. The purpose of this Association is to conduct stores (wholesale and retail) buy and sell real property, manage and control hotels, manufacturing establishments, and general business. The Association has in operation Hotel Reformer, 900 N. Sixth street, Richmond, Va. It is a modern up-to-date structure, heated by steam, cold and hot water baths, also electric cars passing the door. This hotel has accommodation for 150 guests. Mr. A. W. Holmes is manager and Mr. T. W. Taylor is clerk. It has in operation a system of five stores, located as follows: Richmond, Richmond, Manchester, a.; Portsmouth, Va.; and Roanoke, Va. The first of these stores, at Richmond, Manchester, employs a force of eighteen men, runs three delivery wagons, and during the first year, employs 400 worth of business. The other stores have been established since and have been equally prosperous. The General Manager of the system of stores is Mr. B. L. Jordan, headquarters at 608 N. Second street, Richmond, Va. This Association was formed on the plans and recommendations made by Rev. W. L. Taylor, its President. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT journal, THE REFORMER, which has a circulation in the interest of the race, and discusses the leading ripping price is $1 per year, or 50 per single copy. The o-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can print a poster 12 by 62 inches. Fine job-work of every class at lowest prices, Mr. E. W. Brown is Editor and Bibond street, Richmond, Va. Correspondence solicited and Issues a weekly journal, THE REFORMER, which has a circulation of 12,000. This paper is published in the interest of the race, and discusses the leading questions of the day. The subscription price is $1 per year, or 5 per single copy. The office is equipped with modern up-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can print anything from a large variety of types of documents, and has a description is made a specialty at lowest prices. Mr. E. W. Brown is Editor and Business Manager, office 608 N. Second street, Richmond, Va. Correspondence assisted and answers sent. OLD FOLKS' HOME 1888, Rev. William W. Brown recommended the formative kis Homes for the benefit of the old and decrepid mem- ber, the valuable farm known as Westham, consisting of 6342 Richmond, Va., on the historic "James" has been purcha- sesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs through the farm and we Adjoining this farm is Westampton Park, one of the mills in summer. It is reached in a few minutes from Rich- don, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad is for the benefit of the whole race, the co-operation will only solicited. All contributions, donations and bequeste thankfully received. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief in chas offices at 088 N. Second street, Richmond, Va. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS TAYLOR, G. W. M. W. P. BURREN 604-6-8 N. 2nd St., RICHMOND, VA. In September 1893, Rev. William W. Brown recommended the formation and establishment of Old Folks' Homes for the benefit of the old and decrepid members of the race. Since that time the valuable farm known as Westham, consisting of 634½ acres, located six miles from Richmond, Va., on the historic "James" has been purchased at a cost of $14,400. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs through the farm and Westham Station located on it. Adjoining this farm is Westampton Park, one of the most pleasant resorts in the South in summer. It is reached in a few minutes from Richmond by the Westampton Electric Railway and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. As this home is for the whole race, the station not of the most pleasant friends is praptuely solicited. All contributions, donations and bequests of every character will be very thankfully received. Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief in charge of the Old Folks' Homes, offices at 608 N. Second street, Richmond, Va. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS REV. W. L. TAYLOR, G. W. M. W. P. BURRELL, G. W. S. 604-6-8 N. 2nd St., RICHMOND, VA. Remember the Advertisers of this Paper. Read the Ads. THE FREEMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER. NOT A RACE PROBLEM BUT BAD CONDITIONS NOT A RACE PROBLEM BUT BAD CONDITIONS THE REV. DR. HILL ON NEGRO EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH. WORK OF METHODIST NORMAL The Rev. Dr. Judson S. Hill, president of the Morristown (Tenn.) Normal College, an institution established by the benefice of the Methodist Episcopal Church, talks entertainingly of the work this institution is doing for young colored men and women. "I am," said Dr. Hill, "the oldest man in point of service at the head of any Methodist educational enterprise in the South. I am the only white man in my conference in Tennessee. On my visits I necessarily have to sleep in the cabins of the colored people and to eat at their tables. I am free to say that I have not as yet found the key to solve the problem which is agitating the people of the North more than it is agitating us of the South. I leave that to the man who travels through the South on a Pullman. "It is a misnomer to call it a race problem. It is rather a problem of conditions. There are two and one half million colored illiterates; there are 3,900,000 illiterate whites. There are more filiterates among the Southern whites to-day than there were twenty-five or thirty years ago. Half the negro children have no school privileges. The average school term in the South is seventy-eight days. The longest average school in the child's life is three years. "In the eleven Southern States the average cost of a schoolhouse is $275. The average salary of a teacher is less than $25. So it is more than a race problem. It affects not only the colored man, but the white man." THINGS TAUGHT THE NEGRO. "There are three things in which we want to train our colored people. First, in race pride. In this the negroes are deficient. We want him to make no apologies for being a black man. We want to train the race in personal chastity; that the black man shall defend the chastity of his wife and daughter with as much earnestness and energy as any white man defends that of wife or daughter. We want to inculcate in him self-respect, self-support and a conduct based upon the teachings of the Word of God. "We do not allow any man to pay the cost of our students. We put them on their own resources. So we have some of them with us five, six, seven, eight and even ten years. They pay their own way, either by labor or in money. Last year the churches of our Methodism raised $110,000 in collection. The pupils of our schools paid $67,000 toward self-support. We are not only preparing teachers for the schools, but preparing pupils to take their places as home-keepers and breadwinners. We teach them the use of tools. We are teaching trades, rather than simply manual training. "When a boy comes out of our carpenter shop he can build a house from the ground to the roof. At our foundation and machine shop we are doing work for all the country within a radius of forty-two miles. Everything we make has a commercial value. "No girl comes out of our school until able to cut, fit and make garments. One of our girls made the entire bride's trousseau of a daughter of one of the wealthiest families in the South. Our girls are brought up with habits of neatness and to be good cooks. "We shall send out seventy of them very soon," he continued. "We hear a great deal about Booker T. Washington, and I have nothing to say against the work he is doing. But he is receiving more support from Methodists than he is entitled to. Some of our people are giving to Booker and denying us. They seem to think that Booker Washington has a patent right on this kind of work. His work is expensive. It costs him $110,000 to educate 1,100 pupils. In our institutions in the South we are for that amount caring for 11,000 pupils, black and white." "One colored girl, properly trained along ethical lines, with the feeling that she could sacrifice her life rather than her virtue, will do more for a ```markdown ``` This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or oily hair look healthy. It nourishes the scalp and prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and oily hair, and dries over forty years and used by thousand. Wear it harmless. Testimonials free on request. It is an amazingly kinky hair. Be sure to order ever sold for an amazingly kinky hair. Best for the hair straight, soft and beautiful. 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In thirty-eight counties in Tennessee thirty-seven counties were carried for local option, and this was done largely by the negro vote. The negro is disposed to do right. He looks to the white man for an example, however." THE NEGRO PECULIAR I think it was Horace Greely who said: "The Negro is a peculiar race and always will be." That is a pretty good compliment, because philosophers tell us that peculiarity is the requisite that produces genuine distinction. If kindness, faith, love and loyalty are peculiarities, then the Negro submits to the charge. The sentiment of such words as the above declaration, may have suffered to kindle the fires of fame in other days—benighted days—days when even the gospel was not preached for the Negro, and when not a star of hope glistened through the thick gloom of such conditions. Now, we would like to know if, in those days, Mr. Greeley was really aware of the fact that he was uttering words of such vast import to the Negro—words that are the boasted claim of the great. If he was not, then that great editor was no wiser in his prophecy of the Negro race than Erostratus was in his vain effort to win glory. On the night of the birth of Alexander, Erostratus burned the temple of Diana, thinking to make himself famous, when Alexander considered it as a token of the flames which he (Alexander) would spread over Asia. What thought the Negro came from a dark continent? There is in his soul a certain, unmistakable echo of the hum and music of the windiness. What though he be the only man ever enslaved and submitted to it? His hitherto untaxed mentality and unflaming genius was still more fresh and stimulated with zeal and ardor on awakening freedom's morn. And, are these not songs to sing no other race could sing? The Negro's "pecular" genius has wrought "pecular" works of undying glory. His "pecular" mind has conceived sentiments and ideas that will outride the storms of time and stand the test of ages. From the foggy shores of New England to the outskirts of sunny "Dixie," hundreds of colored men and women are bending their energies to a special calling. The sable bards have told in verse the woes and anguish of a down-trodden people. The ebon-faced musician and artist has rendered that music which none but the oppressed can render. In many wars the black soldier has fought like a lion at bay. The Negro has achieved wonderful results in nearly every line of endeavor and especially so in that of letters. Not until our hands shall forget to toil, to labor and to strive, shall we forget the sufferings and tears from which eminated the swiftest progress and civilization ever recorded. In the shadow of the wings of that supreme bird of flight that hovers above America's destiny, the "peculiar" Negro shall continue to struggle on and shall rise or go down with the Republic. EARLY HICKS. Company "6" 24 hifairry. Interesting News Notes Wewoka, Indian Territory, Special.—The Easter exercise at the A. M. E. Church was certainly a grand affair. It is said it was the grandest affair ever seen in Wewoka. Everything was carried out right up to date. Each and every person on the program played their parts well. After the morning program was rendered by Miss Blanche McDonald, B. J. Blanton, J. C. Blanton, Miss G. Blanton, R. Blanton and Mrs. Wistern and others, the pastor, Rev. T. B. J. Barclay, preached an able sermon. Dr. Gray commented on it. They said many good things, and showed the resurrection of Christ very plainly to the people. The door of the church was open for reception of members. There were ten who felt the love of Jesus burning in their souls and were willing to trust Jesus. They united themselves with this grand old army. After service was over the little folks went in search of the old rabbit's nest. Master Pearl Cabbell was the lucky one. He found the nest, which was filled with all colors of eggs. "That must have been a very large rabbit, to lay all those eggs," said one little tot. "He was a good old rabbit," said another. I think every child was made to feel glad, for this was the first Easter celebration ever held in this place among our people. Dinner was served on the grounds. There was an old-time Easter class meeting. Everybody felt the night program was rendered by Mr. Burt Blanton, Ed Cabbell, M. Jones, J. D. Reed, Mrs. Celesta Bouleg, Mrs. Rosa Howard and a number of little girls; also, little Miss Alice May Barclay played her part well. Her solo and recitation is the town talk. Every word and every gesture of her piece was spoken and acted so well that every person seemed to be held spell-bound for a few minutes. She received quite a number of cheers, also was very highly complimented. She also received some gifts for her talent. We encourage the little girl to go forward until she reaches the highest round in the ladder of fame. May she grow as the Rose of Sharon. * * Mrs. Pittman and Mrs. Britt are on the sick list. * * Quite a number of people are coming into this place from nearly every State in the Union. We have some very prominent young men in this little town, who want to be in Fated Helpless Invalid For Three Years. Dr. Miles' Nervine Made My Nerves Strong. "For many years I suffered from terrible headaches and pains at the base of the brain, and finally got so bad that I was overcome with nervous prostration. I had frequent headaches and it was strangely bad that I could take but little food. The best physicians told me I could not live that I would die of paralysis, as my father and grandfather had. I remained a helpless invalid for three years, when I heard of Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine and began using it. That winter I felt better than I had before in many years, and I have not been troubled with those dreadful headaches since I first used Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine. My appetite is good and my nerves are strong."—Mrs. N. M. Bucknell, 2029 Oakland Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. "For many years I suffered from nervous prostration, and could not direct my household affairs, nor have any cares. My stomach was very weak, headaches very severe, and I was so nervous that there was not a night in years that I slept over one hour at a time. We spent hundreds of dollars to Chicago and treated by specialists, but received no benefit at all. Finally I heard of Dr. Miles' Nervine and began its use. I was surprised that it helped me so quickly, and great was my joy to find, after using seven bottles, that I had fully recovered my health."—Mrs. W. A. Thompson, Duluth, Minn. A druggist sell and guarantee first bottl of Dr. Miles' Remedies. Sell for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. everything that is nice. * * The Wewoka Literary Club is preparing for a grand time on the 28th of this month. * * We also have some very prominent young ladies who are trying to help do something to elevate our race. * * Mr. S. M. Brooks, of this place, has gone to Guthrie, Okla. Ter., to visit relatives. We hope he will return soon. Somebody misses him. WALLACE HAPPENINGS Wallace, Idaho, Special. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd and two daughters arrived this week from Vancouver, B. C., and will locate permanently. * * Miss Maggie F. Smith, of Paris, Ky., is visiting her cousin, Miss Booker, and is having a swell time. * * Mrs. Sam Jones will go to Thunder Mountains soon, prospecting for her husband. * * Miss Maud Curtis' birthday party was a swell affair, with many elaborate presents from friends. * * The females are in the majority 4 to 1, as shown by the last registration of the colored population. * * Mrs. A. Zenia Starling has taken her departure for Spokane. The doctors advise her to take something. * * Mrs. Jennie Perkins anticipates a trip to Vancouver, B. C., or to Blackfoot, Idaho, in the near future. * * Mr. Tease Mitchell is employed at Moore's Cafe as private traymaker. Mother and sister well. * * The colored population attended the Easter services Sunday morning. New Easter hats and dresses were largely displayed among the ladies. * * At last Miss Amanda Booker became a victim to the Freeman. The Alaska fever has been cured. * * Mr. James Brown is becoming quite a favorite among the ladies—nit. * * The old log cabin is the only house in town at present to take a bird's-eye view of the Freeman in peace. * * Mr. H. T. Owens has completed his blacksmith shop, and is now in shape to accommodate all comers. * * Mrs. Retta Blue is with us again, telling us the devil's dream. * * E. B. Saunders is still talking Freeman in and around the vicinity. Only $1.50 a year. Girls, a good thing; don't forget the sixty-day offer. WHO IS J. A. JONES? To the Editor of The Freeman: In the issue of your valuable paper of the 4th inst., under the caption, "Leaders of A. M. E. church" there is a communication by one J. A. Jones which very seriously, reflects upon Bishop C. S. Smith. Jones statement that Bishop C. S. Smith "used the power of his office, in leaving three of the leading men of one of his conferences without an appointment, in order to gratify a selfish end" is an absolute and unqualified falsehood. Who is J. A. Jones anyway? What does he know about the affairs of the A. M. E. Church in Louisiana? He lives in Tennessee, and not in Louisiana Both the preachers and people of the A. M. E. Church in Louisiana are able to take care of themselves, and do not seek, nor desire the interference of outsiders. The great majority of the preachers of the Louisiana conference, resent the interference of J. A. Jones, notwithstanding he does not specifically refer to the Louisiana conference yet we know what he means. J. A. Jones, with some others, may find it profitable, to study the science of how-to attend-to-your own business. J. W. WASHINGTON, Secretary of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church. Post office address 125 Union street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Half Rates To New Orleans Hall Rates to New Orleans And Return Via Big Four Route Account Annual Meeting American Medical Association Tickets to New Orleans, La., and return will be on sale May 1, 2 and 3, 1903, from all points on the "Big Four," Cincinnati Northern and D. & U. R. R., at half rates. Tickets will be good on date of sale, and good fo-return to reach original starting point not later than ten days from date of sale, unless extension of return limit is reached. Tickets will be paid by special agent at New Orleans not latter than May 12th, 1903, and payment of 50 cents fee, an extension may be obtained enabling passengers to reach original starting point not latter than May 30th, 1903. A The gifted Claivroyant, the great female wonder, born with the double(cal) veil, shall is one of the old ancient Southern Claivroyant of New Orleans. She's a lying Phrenologist and Physlogomist. She tells painfully what you are best adapted for in the lie by a grasp of her hand she gives you a grasp of her hand she gives you an influence to enable you to overcome all bad luck. She has made thousands of homely happy. Read the fifth chapter 1x verse of St. Matt: "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God." She reunites the separated, makes peace or wife will need you, and your sweet heart forsake you. But will love your better and marry you sooner if you will only this lady's consultation. Read what several ladies of your city say, "Yes, we believe the a Godsend to our city: my husband and I had been separated over a year and I think since I called on this lady, he returned to our loses. We remain the young lady says: "The one loved reunited call or write me; I called on this lady and we are now engaged." You can't afford to miss consulting this gifted lady; she is gifted to read characters. She challenges the need to excel her advice on love losses. She maintains financial troubles. Re-nithes the causes speedy marriage with the one of your choice. No cards allowed in her place of business; no one's ill wishes filled; st.叶ley a Christian lady and depends entirely on her heavenly gift. If you are painful or silling, think you have been witchcrafted with the spent eight years in the Jungle of Africa. You've brought a rough 34 states doing good wherever she Read St. John, 9th chap. 334 ver: "If the man is not of God he could do nothing." Three parlorso arranged that you meet nofriends norstrangers:everything confidential. Owing to such crowds you may call night or day. Permanently located. Send money by postal order or Registered letter I, for one, as one in the midst. My heart sohed from the cruel treatment of my husband and the money will throw away his time and money until he derfuldy lady. It will soon be a year. Through her he has become a loving husband; and today he presents me with a lovely lot on which he will in the spring erect a home. Tongue cann't praise her too high. A LADY of New Iberia, La. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 17, 1902. Madame McMahon. Madame McNairdee, Indianapolis, Ind.: Dear Madame.—Your letter like a ray of sunshine, came for you to hand and I am very pleased you ever write to me true; I am sorry that I did not write to you months ago. I enclose $6.00 for your service, hoping that you may be successful in bringing about desired results. I feel quite sure that you can. I am very sorry to hear of your being ill, and sincerely hope your speedy recovery. Molino, Fla., Nov. 14, 1902. Madame:—You are the proper person in the proper place. All that you say is true and all you do is good. May God bless you. Guntersville, Ala., Oct. 26, 1902. I tried Mame, McNairdee and find that she is well up to her profession. She will tell things to come, and they will come as predicted. It will pay people to try her who want to know many things in the future. There is no doubt of this lady's prophetic owner. She is a living phrenologist, palmist ad a natural born clairvoyant to which thousands will testify. She is a God send to our country—born with a gift that no one can imagine. She is past and present life and put you on the road of success both financially and physically if you will only heed her instructions, I called on her when the one I love had gone I knew not where and he returned at once, and today I am his dear wife. A LADY of Fort Gibson, Ind. T. Madancee — I feel it my duty to do this for you are all my pride. Just think my usband and I have it worse. I called on you in September and in a week's time he returned and married me, and I can't praise you too much. Ladies that are heart-broken by family troubles, love affair and bad luck until it seem that life is a black, call or write to this dear lady, she you could meet with it, you to God and she will do what she can and will. A LADY of Rosseau, R.C. Dear Sisters and Brothers—Call on her when you can, she will be please to meet you and will when ever you wish to. She devotes her entire time for the welfare of the people believing God will reward her. She will make your very soul glad to hear her of heaven for she writes such soul searching letters, you how you love home happy. Please always enclose stamp for answer. Here she is as she looks today and a bride three weeks. N.B.-Send lock of hair accompanied by one dollar ($1.00) and receive full life reading. Clip this ad. 608 N. West Street, cor. Indiana Ave. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 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Simply tell us when ‘and where you bought It. ‘This liberal offer is made with the object of securing good Agents, who can stinply coin money selling our preparations, No matter fiers Fou live, we ean get our goods safely to you. Do mot delay; order y- BOSTON CHEMICAL C0.. 340 E. Broad St.. Richmond, Va. i among the recent arrivals at Normal Als., and have entered the literary de partment and industrial classes. Both of them formerly held government pos!- tons at Cap Town. as James Madison Bell, one of the oldest and widest known of colored poets, died at bis son’s residence at Chicago a few days ago. One of his best known songe ‘was ‘We'll Rally’ Round the Flag,” He was an Obioan and seventy-four yeare old. a Judge C. V. Porter of Natchitoches. La., recently rendered a $450 jadgment against A. P. Cookfleld (white) in favor of Mesers. Waller & Edmonds. The snit was brought abont in this manner: ‘Messrs. Waller & Edmonds had rented Mr. Cockfield’s gin fov the fall of 1902, Mr. Cockfield having found out that he was dealing with colored men of brains became offended and immediately or dered the gin stopped, whereupon the plaintiffs immediately filed enit. Jndge Porter is a Democrat. ‘The Minister of Foreign Relations of the Repablic of Aayti has informed Hon. William F. Powell, United States Minister to that government, that the executive department had favorably considered Mr. Powell’s suggestion that the government of Hayti provide the expense of educating a number of nativ youths at the Tuskegee Institate, an¢ has recommended that the budget ot national appropriations incinde an item covering the necessary amount of money It is farther provided that the eum ie increased yearly until it covers the ex pense of twenty young men. Two boys will leave Port-au Prince this month for Tnskegee. Mr. Powell himeelf tee. tifies to his earnest belief in the value of the Tuskegee training by contribu: ting $100 to the general fund of the in. ‘stitation, and has been a regular con i tribntor for a number of years, [ ~_ | A Washington, D. C. special says the ‘great popularity of Prof. William H. | Richards was again piaced in evidence on the evening of April 34. The grad- nating olaes of Howard University law department of 1903 mét in the lecture room of Evarts Hall and presented to their eminent preceptor in international law and kindred subjscts a handsome ‘Morris ohwir. The class was presided he Lem. advertiseme tole > of same, we rectors of extra latget o produce botties of rated the large packag ride most ee ation and mS | rorin a0.n otent and Mae) | speciaity ot apn the Sone on eve faltiand | licen | picte dict g the Hair Ao the tollet edt fae tex: | SQN NOTES ee and Recs —_ ee fo causes imum | sedrwares and bare ware good Agents spite x Shere Four nipemedy =| today.” ag ee. Eee eee | Se, or Kentucky, its president. who briefly stated the nature of the call and intro- duced Mr. James A. Davis of Tennessee, who made an able presentation address, testifying tc the high qualities of mind and heart possessed by Prof. Richards, The profesor made a happy response, and in the course of bis remarks im- pressed upon the students the arduous task resting upon them individually fox the advancement and uplifting of those below them. Prof. Richards con- tinues to be favorably mentioned for the presidency of Howard University. > ‘The trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama have recelved $600,000 toward ths en- dowment fund from Andrew Carnegie, who attended the recent meeting in be- half of the Tuskegee Institute, where ex-President Grover Clevgland presided. ‘The trustees will meet scon to take formal action in accepting the gift and at the same time to take measures to still farther increase the endowment. ‘Mr: Carnegie’s letter conveying the gift reads as follows: F New Yor«, April 17, 1903. “Will H. Baldwin, Jr, Trustee : “My Dear Friend—I have instructed Mr. Franks, my cashier, to deliver. to you as trostee of Tuskegee Institute $600,000 of 5 per cent. United States ‘Steel Company first mortgage bonds toward the endowment fund. “‘T give this without reservation, ex cept that I require that suitable provis- sion be made from the gift for the wants of Booker Washington and_ hie family during his qwn or his wife’s life, I wish that great and good man to be entirely free from pecuniary cares that he be free to devote himself to his great mission. “To me he seems one of the greatest of living men because his work is ‘ucique, the modern Moses, who leads his race and lifts it through education to even better and higher things then a laud overflowing with milk and honey. History is to tell of two Washingtons, one white, the other blak, both fathers of their people. “Iam satisfied that the s:rions race problem of the South is to be solved ‘wisely only through Mr. Washington's policy of education—which he seems to have been specially born, a slave among slaves, to establish and in his own day greatly to advance. “Glad am I to be able to asslet this good work en which you and others go zeplously labor. Traly youre, “ANDREW CARNEGIE ” SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES The first annual exhibit and com- mencement of the Oxalo a Industrial college of Okalona, Mics., will be held from April 26 to May 1. Their enroll- ment has been over 200 for the year, Prof, Wallace A. Battle Principal. cae Dr. L @. Jordan of the Baptist For eign mission board has been visiting Tuskegee. nes Tuskegee has just recelyed $10,000, from the estate of the late James Dan- forth of Boston. The Haytian minister, Powell has donated $100. eee News in concise form will be accepted for this column. | Miss J. E, Clark, Tuskegee’s Lady | Principal, is to speak early next month at the fashionable Miss Masters’ School for Girls, at Dobb’s Ferry, New York. This {s one of the most exclusive schools for young women in this country and an invitation to speak there is no light compliment. We are sure that Mies Clark will worthily represent the school. vee William Pickens who recently won the Teneyck oratorical prize at yale was a graduate of Talladega college, Tal- ladega, Als. Notes from Lincoln Institate, Jeffer- son City, Mo.: The prospectus of the ‘Summer School will soon be ready for the public. Indications point s very successful session. Letters of inquiry sre pouring in from all parts of the state. Many teachers and students have stated their intention to enroll for the six weeks course, beginning Monday, June 15, Aside from the regular De- partment work which will bein the hands of specialists, there will bes course of lectures on various subjects from such gentlemen of renown as, Governor Dockery, on Political Science; State Superintendent Carrington, on Pedagogy; the Reverend Dr. Handy, the Egyptologist on Egypt, and other historical subjects. Board and loaging can be secured at reagonable rates. Several members of the Board of Re gents recently visited the Institute care- fally inspecting, and inqniring into its condition; and recommending such re- pairs and improvements as they deemed necessary. They nnanimonsly and open- ly atated that President Allen's adminis- tration han been exocedinely practical, eminently successfal, and of much value to the best interests of He Institution Vice President Garnett of the Depart- ment of Latin delivered the commence- ment Orstions and presented the di. plomas to the graduates at the closing exercises of the Buneeton High echool Protessor J. Stlone—Yates of the De- partment of English has been invited to. deliver the Commencement oration to the Alumni “Association of Wilberforce University, June i7th. ‘The Lincoln Institute Dramatic Association, Mra. C. Moten Director, gave a very oreditable rendition of “The Last Loaf”, in Page Auditorium. A large and appreciative audience witnessed the play. eee Normal, ala., Notes: Reduced rates, plus twenty-five cents will be allowed for attendance in our summer school for all states east of the Mississippi River. The same rates have been grant- ed for our commencement, over the same territory. Dr. Mayo, of Bos- ton, willarrive this week to deliver his usual spring course of lectures at Normal. Dr. P. B. Guernsey president of Roger Williams University, will de- liver the bacculauerate sermon this year May 24th. Mr. J, M. Henderson, Presl- dent of Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga., will deliver the annual address, May 26th, 1908. The schovl considers {teelf fortunate in securing the service of these able and elcquent gentlemen. ‘We will turn out from all departments this year seventy graduates. Notes of the Fourenth Anniversary of The Curry School, ;Urbana, Ohio: April the 5th, the facnity and student's of The Curry School observed the 14th, Anniversary of the founding of the 0.8, ‘The weather was perfect anda large \C1) ¢ § came far and near to encour- age President Curry in bis great educa tional movement in the elevation of the. colored people. Rev H. H. Mitchell, Columbus, and Rey, Jos, Wilson, Athens were the speakers for the occasion. The music was finished by the C. 8. Chorus and was beautiful. The chapel and As- sembly Hall have been remodeled at » great expense and make a most magnifi- cent appearance. The school has been crowded this yera, several students were refused admittance. An effort will be made to increase the Dormitory facil- tlesand give room for a mora complete teaching of Industries. Iv is highly im- portant that this institution should be supported as it fs destined to do for the Negro of the Middle States, what Book- er T. Washington is doing for the South. A Conference to be known as thesons of Industry and the danghters of Vashti will be organized in May at The Curry School for the purpose of studying the race problem. The object will be to en- ‘courage the colored people in buying property, educating and improvement in home life, ’ IN SOOIETY. ‘Washi’ ton (D. C:) Spectal. Miss Lacy E Moten will continue at the head of the Normal School as long as she chooses to remain, Like all the worthy public servants, she is being de- cried by persons who would like to have some one in her place who will aidthem to grind their corrupt axes. Migs Moten is one of the very ablest educators the race has prcduced, and {e not inferfor to any of whom the white rave oan boast in these parts, at least. The announcement of the appoint- ment of former Senator Jeter C. Pritch- ard to the Supreme Bench of the Dis- trict of Colambla, falls Itke a wet blan- ket upon the colored people of the sree reece Cures in 3 Days ,Gonorrahes, Gleet, Running Range, and all troubles caused from heavy lifting or staining. PRICE--50 CENTS G EENVILLE DRUG CC,, GREENVILLE, MISS, puch Wolaxs WANs. + OP TeelDt o! Bt . ie, SRN 3 ae 3 voims use, country, who had lain the flattering unetion to thelr souls that they were tld of the doughty progenitor of the “lily white” movement in the South. Pritchard's advent upon, the bench re- tires him from the active leadership in North Caroling politics, but his succes- sors will be his creatures, and the wires will continue to be manipulated in the same old way—under the cover. The Brooklyn speech of Booker T. Washington, delivered Feb. 22a before the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, has been published in pamph- Jet form, and there is a tremendous de- mand for it from all parte of the coun- try. Itisthe best and most complete statement of the Negro’s case that has yet been given to the people. We should like to see it m the home every citizen, white and black. Itis direct, logical, courageous and convine- ing It answers every charge against the race, and speaks ont in ringing tones for justice of all mankind. An Easy Way to Make Money. I have made $560 00 in 80 days selling Dishwashers. 1did my housework at the same time. J don’t canvass. People come or send tor the Dish-washers. 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MRS, MARTH tells your entire life—past, reaont end futurein ¢ DEAD TRANOEy bad Rnepawer of any two modiume you ever ie in'téots she tells your mother's {all nme. be: ‘ore marriage, the names of all your family, Retr ages and deceription, the nae and bual: goat of your future busbabd, the name of Four text, if you are to have one, the name of the Youn man who now eallson you, the name of your future hustand. end the day. mouth and Fear of your ¢ “how many Shildren Eave or will have-whether you are married or tingle; whether your preaeae sweetheart” will be frue to you and it No will marry you; If you Bare uo aweethesrt, aho will tell yon waen you ‘will ave, and hie neme, Dusiaess aod date of Tequaintance. ALL YOUR FOTORE will be feli'fnvan hong, ole, plain manner and ine dead trance. "Mothers shonid know the suoceas Sf their husbands and children, young ladies hould know ‘everything ‘about thelr sweet. bearts or in.ended husbands. 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S.AYRES & Co Indiana's Greatest Distributors of Dry Goods. TO FREEMAN SUBSORIBERS. If The Freeman fails to reach you, please let us know by phone or card. We cannot know unless you tell us. CITY AND SOCIETY BRIEFS. Quarterly meeting at Allen Chapel May 2d. Chas. Love is in the city from French Lick Springs, Ind. Miss Minnie Board who has been ill for some time is convalescent. Rev. B. J. Collins of Franklin, Ind., was in the city on business this week. Mr. Oscar Tyre has accepted a position as city solicitor on The Freeman. Rev. Gilliam of Columbus, O., was in the city last week, visiting his family. Rev. J. M. Townsend was in Richmond, Ind., this week visiting his family. Miss Lillie Hibbitts has returned from Gallatin, Texas, where she has been teaching. Frank Gentry of Brazil, Ind., was in the city visiting the Misses Minnie and Katie Board. Services at St. Phillips Mission Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, all are invited to attend Simpson chapel church will tender a reception to their new pastor, Rev. Riley on the 7th, of May. Herbert, son of Allen Garnett, was accidently shot and killed by William Potter last Sunday. Mrs. Libble Burden of Terre Haute, Ind., died Monday. She was well known in this city. Bishop Grant will deliver a lecture at Allen Chapel May 8th. Subject, "Woman and Her Place." Items of interest will be accepted for this column. New phone 2880; old phone, black, 7187—two rings. Mrs. Sadie Hill, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Murry Hill of Connersville, Ind., spent last Sunday in the city. Special sale on suits, skirts, silk jackets and waists at the Atlas Cloak House, 211-213 Indiana avenue, four doors from Mrs. Maidee Manning from Peorla, Ill., was in the city last week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Smith, 1012 Fayette street. Miss Emma Sims who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Mattie Williams in Olive street for the past two weeks, left last Sunday for her home in Edinburg, Ind., after a very pleasant stay. Last Saturday evening some lady friends gave a tea in honor of the Misses Sims at the home of their sister, Mrs. Mattle Williams. It was quite an enjoyable affair—it being their birthday. Mother Lee died last Friday and was buried Monday afternoon from Bethel church. She was a great race worker, and was formerly from Mississippi. She was buried by the Woman's Relief Corps. Mrs. R. W. Thompson was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Lewis last Tuesday evening. Quite a number of friends gathered in honor of Mrs. Thompson, who leaves for her new home at Tuskegee, Ala., where she will join her husband who is one of the secretaries to Booker T. Washington. A reception will be given to Rev. W. H. Riley on May 7th by the members of Simpson Chapel. Rev. J. M. Townsend will deliver the welcome address Rev. Herrod will speak of the "Church," Rev. J.Walker "Citizenship." Response by Rev. W. H. Riley. An excellent program will be rendered. Admission free. Deborah Temple No. 3. S. M. T., will give a rag social Tuesday evening, May 5th, at the residence of Mrs. Sarah Howard No. 1019 East 19th street. The one dressed the raggiest will receive a prize. All the united sisters and brothers are cordially invited to be with us: Sister Belle Keneredy M. P., sister Ethel French, W. secretary. News Note Newman, Ga., Special.—Punch Arnold, 15 years old, son of the county supervisor, was killed Monday after- noon while playing baseball. He was struck over the heart by a swift ball, and fell to the ground. Physicians were summoned, but the boy expired within a few moments. 1900 Master Herbert Carter will sing at Bethel A. M. E. church, Tuesday evening, May 12th, under the auspices of the Ladies' Alliance. Master Carter possesses a national reputation as a songster, and will be remembered as having sung here during the last Indiana Conference. It is to be hoped that a large and appreciative attendance will greet him. BUSINESS INTERESTS. Ladies wanted at the Atlas Cloak House, 211 Indiana avenue, four doors from Illinois street. Call on Emanuel Williams for coal, coke, wood and kindling, 402 W. North street. Phone 1884 main, old. tf Try the Blue Front restaurant for first class meals. Lunches 10c up Open day and night. L. Simm proprietor, 312 Indiana avenue. Troussers $5 00 up; suits, $20 00 up, Charles A. Parker & Co., 404 N. Pennsylvania street, room 20—The Tailors. We solicit your patronage. Charles A. Parker, formerly with A, J. Treat & Son. Cleaning dying and repairing a specialty. New phone 2885. Indianapolis, Ind. A Good Advice. If you are troubled with kinky or curly hair use Ozonized Ox Marrow, it will make your hair straight, soft and beautiful. If your hair is falling out, Ozonized Ox Marrow will stop it. If you have dandruff and itching in the head, Ozonized Ox Marrow will give you instant relief, and make the hair grow. Ozonized Ox Marrow is a hair food that imparts to the hair a healthy, lifelike appearance so much desired. Sold over 40 years. Never fails. Warranted harmless. Send us 50 cents and we will ship you a bottle express paid. Address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 7 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. MRS. SMOTHER'S OLD RELIABLE RESTAURANT 515 Indiana avenue, Indianapolis, Ind, Open al night. Mrs E A Webb Has moved her Millinery and Heir Departments to Shail Block, Indiana Avenue, near the University of Chicago, and filled a full line of Easter novellets, and would be glad to see all her friends and customers. $25 to $85 ATHLETIC GOODS. Geo. C. Detch Wheel Co. 206 N. Penn. St. Wm. Billingsley Choice Cut Flowers. Funeral Designs..... Palms and Plants of all Kinds 201 N. Illinois Street. Phone New 3002. Beasley & Green, Full staple line of goods. Smoked Meats Chickens, Butter, Eggs a specialty. 634 and 638 Indiana Ave. Phone 1378. Money Advanced on Old Phone Diamonds, 932 Brown Watches, Jewelry or any Article of Value Taggarts Bakery 234 W. Vermont Street. 233, 235, 237 Massachusetts Avenue. 18, 20, 24 N. New Jersey Street. 1538 N. Illinois St. 1532 College Ave. Tomlinson Hall Market CAPITOL MILLINERY COMPANY, Because we quote you lower prices than any place in town and furnish you the newest and prettiest styles. A Call Will Save You Money. LAWN MOWERS Guaranteed to keep the grass in good healthy condition if applied at frequent intervals. Water applied by means of a hose will be found a helpful aid in lawn-making. VONNEGUT HARDWARE CO. 120, 122, 124 E. Washington Street. Both Phones 589. Wishes your trade. Suits at popular prices Cleaning, Pressing and Altering a specialty. 827 Indiana Avenue. 312 and 314 East Market Street. OFFICES.—622 E. Washington St.; 203 N. Illinois St.; 228 Massachusetts Ave. NEW AND OLD 'PHONE 1121. Bell Boys this is the place to go. Braden & Buskirk TAILORSandIMPORTERS 120 Monument Place. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Frazee Creamery Co. Wholesale and Retail Dealers and Manufacturers of Ice-Cream, Fruit Ices and Milk. Party, Pionto and Church Social Orders solicited. 09 Indiana Avenue. New Phone 2124 ARE YOU IN NEED OF READY MONEY. If so, we will advance it to you on your furniture, piano, horses, wagons, warehouse receipts, etc., and allow you to pay it back in small weekly or monthly payments. We give you plenty of time, from one month to one year. You have the use of both the property and the manor. Our jobs are reasonable, terms easy and we make no inquiries among your friends or neighbors. We also loan money to salaried people holding permanent positions with responsible concerns on their own note, without endorsement. Our having been in business so long and our large clientele are very loyal and courteous treatment. Call and get our plans. All information cheerfully given. Security Mortgage Loan Company 207 Indiana Trust Building, Corner Washington St. and Virginia Ave. Office Hours--8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Saturdays 9 p. m. CAPITOL MILLING is doing more business than any WH Because we quote you lower price furnish you the newest and prettier A Call Will Save Capitol Mi 331 Indian LAWN MO Guaranteed to keep the grass in good hea Water applied by means of a hose will be VONNEGUT H 120, 122, 124 E. Washington Street. W. C. H FASHIONAB Wishes your trade, Suits at popular pr a specialty. Progress L 312 and 314 East OFFICES.—622 E. Washington St.; 203 E. NEW and OLD 'PHONE 1121 Braden & TAILORS and 120 Monument Place. Frazee Cre Wholesale and Retail Dealers an Fruit Ices and Milk. Party, Picto 09 Indiana Avenue. [ ] [ ] [ ] D. P. Stirk & Co. 208 N East St. INDIANAPOLIS IND. We make a specialty of Artificial Limbs and Braces. shoe Extensions and Crutches. Trusses made and adjusted in all bad cases. Lady Physicians. Work guaranteed. Send for circular. Williams & Bartly TAILORS Old Telephone, 1 ring on Black 6511. Cleaning, Dyeing and Repairing. 405 Indiana Ave. Indianapolis, Ind. A. C. DISHER Custom Tailor Suits $18 00 and up Pressing and Repairing Call and Inspect Our Goods. 432 Massachusetts Avenue. Mrs. Whitten UP-TO-DATE MILLINERY At reduced prices all this week. Call and be convinced. 337 Indiana Avenue. YOU ARE WANTED at 17 Virginia Avenue any time between now and JUNE 1, 1903 by S L. TAYLOR & CO. to select Your SpringSuits. The goods are now ready for your inspection. Get samples and make your selections early. Price suits $15.00 to $28.00; trousers $4.00 to $8.00. New Phone 3039 Grant H. Clay, M.D. DENTIST 150 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis, Ind. 14 years with New York Dental Co. SANTAL-MIDY Standard remedy for Gleet, Gonorrhea and Runnings IN 48 HOURS. Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles. MIDY Bresette-Dugan Co. MANUFACTURERS SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Hospital Supplies, Trusses, Supporters Elastic Stockings, 133 S. Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND Playing Cards, POKER CHIPS. All Kinds All Prices KIPPBROS. CO, 37 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Mall orders receive prompt attention. IERY COMPANY, Store of its kind on the Avenue. HY? Does than any place in town and best styles. Save You Money. Millinery Co. Avenue. OWERS Healthy condition if applied at frequent intervals. Round a helpful aid in lawn-making. HARDWARE CO. Both Phones 589. AZEL LE TAILOR Does Cleaning, Pressing and Altering 127 Indiana Avenue. Laundry... Est Market Street. N. Illinois St.; 228 Massachusetts Ave. Bell Boys this is the place to go. Buskirk IMPORTERS INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Creamery Co. And Manufacturers of Ice-Cream, and Church Social Orders solicited. New Phone 2124 Atlas Cloak House 211-213 Indiana Ave, 4 doors from Illinois St. Bargains that break all records. Suits tor $5.00 a bargain for... $10.00 Our $10.00 Suits were never sold less than $20.00. Skirts of all kinds less than half price. Spring Coats and silk Walstets at your own price. DENTIST 317 INDIANA AVE. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. EAT QUAKER BREAD MADE BY HITZ BAKERY PAINTS, OIL AND VARNISHES. TIN AND GALVANIZED IRON WORK FRANK H. PRUNK Hardware, Pumps, Plpee, Etc. 522 INDIANA AVENUE, Telephone 1188. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Flanner & Buchanan, FUNERAL DIRECTORS 320 N: Illinois St., bet. New York and Vermont St BEST SERVICE FAIR PRICES All Wheels Guaranteed Why Are We It? $15--Standard Make--$15 Because we always have something better at a lower price then our would-be competitor. We are at all times in a position to save you money. Our illustrated Bargain sheet for 1903 gives full particulars of our 1908 line of Bicycle and Tires sent free by mail to any address, be sure and get this sheet before you purchase. We do all kinds of Repairing. THE GUARANTEE TIRE & BICYCLE COMPANY, 208 and 210 S. Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Prescriptions accurately and carefully compounded at the lowest, possible prices. A L W A Y S R E L I A B L E . Iron Bed. SPECIALS Large Line 50 Samples to select from..... $1.69 and up. DRESSERS Dresser Golden Oak, Mahogany, Enamel, or Birds-Eye Maple at..... With no exception the largest and best line in the city. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: 123 and 125 W. Wash. St. Member Merchant's Association. In purchasing mention The Freeman ad. THE MIDDLE FIELD Mansion HomeBuying Made Easy. We will loan our members within twelve months from day of first monthly payment of dues (1.35 on each $1,000) any sum from $1,000 to $5,000, for the purpose of buying or building a home' or paying off a mortgage, and they can pay it back at $4.50 per month on $1,000. This includes principal, interest and all other expenses. This is loaning money at less than one per cent, interest per annum. Remember 4½ cents per day for 12 months places $1,000 in Bank in your name and you hold the Check Book. Call or write for particulars. Open Saturday evenings. Room 57 Baldwin Bl'k Cor. Market and Delaware HAMBURGERS Great Sale of Suits, Skirts, Coats and Waists UILTS- of all-wool Broadcloth, Venetian cloth and cheviot, jackets all sil lined, suits handsome-ly trimmed -worth up to $18 50, sale price... KIBTS- sirtically all-wool materials, all colors, regular $5.00 skirts... SILK COATS- Monte Carlo and full Box bac Taffeta and Peau de Sole Coats -Recently priced at $12 50 sale price... SILK WAISTS- Peau de Sole and Taffeta Waists in a full line of shades and all sizes formerly $5.00 Buy direct from The Manufacturer AT THE POINT Massachusetts Avenue and Pennsylvania Street.